Egor Tatarenko

Escalators, ramen, udon, sushi, sashimi, matcha tart, Beijing duck, taobao, coffee, malls, MTR, helpers, humidity, dimsam, non smoking, consumers, islands, ice cream, tea, ham, playground, sauna, movies, books, asmantus and a lot of hugs and games

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When I first arrived in Switzerland, the biggest challenge turned out to be simple social interactions – how to greet people. Before, I always understood hidden cultural rituals: when men should shake hands, when to extend the same courtesy to women, and in which situations it’s better to refrain. But in Switzerland, a European country with four official languages, I found myself lost. When everyone on hikes would say “Grüezi”, I initially didn’t even understand what it meant. So I started a research: what conditions influence how we greet each other. There turned out to be about 20: mood, weather, social status, relationships between people, health, surroundings, event formality… From all this, I created a flowchart – a scheme helping to understand when to simply wave, when to smile and nod, and when to hug and shout “Yooooou!” This flowchart became part of the annual exhibition at @zhdk_transdisciplinary under the theme of translocality. Huge thanks to @mazayatz , who transformed my incomprehensible scheme into an amazing visual project. All credits for beauty go to her, an incredible designer, illustrator, and artist. A year later, this wall was still stored in our university atelier, but it was time to say goodbye. I decided to send it to the train station — the place where people most often meet and say “hello” to each other. In a future it would be avaliible as a poster and I continue making new flowcharts. visual @mazayatz support and photo @nanystya

Я обожаю записывать все журнал. Вчера заакончился очередной. После переездов и чувства отсутствия дома, прошла вера в сохранность бумаги. Хотя это все равно лучший способ записывать мысли и фиксировать события из жизни. Но теперь всегда есть страх, что ты переедешь и блокнот потеряется. Поэтому я начал сканировать законченые блокноты чтобы не потерять. Двойная бухгалтерия всегда помогает. На фото маленькие обрывки записей с июля 2024 по июнь 2025

EGOR TATARENKO was the receiver of the residency at @villastraeuli , supported by the project HERE ! AM. It took place from 08 January until 05 April 2025. Congratulations!💥 Egor is a theatre producer interested in site-specific and digital projects. Among others, he produced an eight-hour performance based on Daniil Kharms's works in Saint Petersburg and the musical project "Geometry of Sound". For over two years, he worked at the GULAG History Museum in Moscow as a curator of public programmes, where he implemented the opera "Your Father is Alive" on the theme of fatherlessness and the performance "Bitter Elephant" about the role of public intellectuals in society. Currently, he does Transdisciplinary Studies at Zurich University of the Arts. @taeg Swipe to get impressions of Egor’s residency at VILLA STRÄULI. 💬For further info about our initiatives click the link in our bio and follow us on our socials. #here!am #supportingartists #standtogether#artistresidency #peertopeer #egortatarenko#villastrauli

Family vibe in Milano

March vibes

What an evening at @villastraeuli ! Thank you, everyone who joined us for our presentation with @nanystya We shared three ongoing projects: “Radical Transparency” - our artistic partnership agreement printed on transparent paper, making the usually hidden negotiations of collaboration visible and tangible: money, authorship, responsibilities and how to keep transparency with care. “Artistic Pairs: Methodology of Collaborative Creation” - a research where we explored how iconic artist couples like Gilbert & George and Christo & Jeanne-Claude collaborated by adopting their methodologies. We want to reflect on how we should work with @nanystya through a process of making reenactments. And at the end I read text for my future performance “My Father Only Sings Sad Songs” - about how three generations in my family communicate emotions through music rather than words. And how I hate to talk on the phone with them. Special thanks to @artlink.ch for support. Photos by @simon.tszhei

What is the permanent, and is home defined only within a specific time or space? Through his personal narrative, Egor pushes us to reflect on these concepts that we often take for granted. To read his article, along with many others, order Potpuri through the link in the bio. *Potpuri is an independent publishing platform focused on experimental methodologies of research and production. Printed in Albanian, German and English. Potpuri collective is based in Prishtina and Zürich. Çka është e përhershmja dhe a përcaktohet shtëpia vetëm brenda një kohe apo hapësire të caktuar? Përmes rrëfimit të tij personal, Egori na shtyn të reflektojmë mbi këto koncepte që shpesh i marrim si të mirëqena. Për ta lexuar artikullin e tij, bashkë me shumë të tjerë, porositni Potpuri përmes linkut në bio. *Potpuri është një platformë botuese e pavarur e fokusuar në metodologjitë eksperimentale të hulumtimit dhe prodhimit. E shtypur në shqip, gjermanisht dhe anglisht. Kolektivi i Potpuri është me bazë në Prishtinë dhe Cyrih. Was ist das Beständige, und wird Heimat nur innerhalb einer bestimmten Zeit oder eines bestimmten Raums definiert? Durch seine persönliche Erzählung fordert Egor uns auf, über diese Konzepte nachzudenken, die wir oft als selbstverständlich ansehen. Um seinen Artikel sowie viele weitere zu lesen, bestelle Potpuri über den Link in der Bio. *Potpuri ist eine unabhängige Publikationsplattform, die sich auf experimentelle Forschungs- und Produktionsmethoden konzentriert. Gedruckt in Albanisch, Deutsch und Englisch. Das Potpuri-Kollektiv ist in Prishtina und Zürich ansässig.

EGOR TATARENKO is the receiver of the residency at @villastraeuli , supported by the project HERE ! AM. It takes place from 08 January until 05 April 2025. Congratulations!💥 Egor is a theater producer interested in site-specific and digital projects. Among others, he produced an eight-hour performance based on Daniil Kharms's works in Saint Petersburg and the musical project "Geometry of Sound". For over two years, he worked at the GULAG History Museum as a curator of public programmes, where he implemented the opera "Your Father is Alive" on the theme of fatherlessness and the performance "Bitter Elephant" about the role of public intellectuals in society. Currently, he does Transdisciplinary Studies at Zurich University of the Arts. @taeg 📸 Nicolas Petit Stay tuned to learn more about Egor’s residency at VILLA STRÄULI. 💬For further info about our initiatives click the link in our bio and follow us on our socials. #here!am #supportingartists #standtogether #artistresidency #peertopeer #egortatarenko #villastrauli