Saturday Night In The Kingdom of Gloom

• Photographer
  Maxim Shemetov
• Agency / Studio
  Reuters
• Technical Info
  Each Image Has Its Own Iptc Caption Describing The Art Objects Or Performances Shot In The Frame.
• Photo Date
  August 2022 - July 2024

Lost in the woods of Russia's Kaluga region, Nikola-Lenivets art park is Europe's largest site for land art and contemporary design. Founded by Nikolay Polissky, it spans the Ugra Nature Reserve, becoming a major art hub still attracting artists worldwide. Since 2022, amidst rising mood of militarism in Russia, the park remains committed to peace. Festivals like Archstoyanie, Maslenitsa, and Signal offer rare spaces of joy and freedom, blending multiculturalism, pagan themes, and historical reinterpretation allowing visitors to escape from gloomy environment and embrace art, music, and unity.