ICUL CTION Special Edition ART A C o n t e m p o r a r y A r t R e v i e w Special Edition liked my own vision and how I project my vision. Of course, later I’ve had a lot of doubts under social influence and rules domination, but I managed to keep my core. I’ve always been bad at studying. At first I was struggling at Moscow State University of Food Production, but didn’t graduate. Then I had an experience at the Design faculty at High School of Economics. There I’ve realized that design and art are two different ways and that I have to choose. I chose art. On the example of many of my friends I understood for myself that art education is not always good for an artist. In many ways it interferes with finding and keeping your own language in art. You are a versatile artist and your practice encompasses printed graphics, objects and animations: what does direct you to such cross disciplinary approach? In particular, are there any experiences that did particularly help you to develop your attitude to experiment? Ivan Arkhipov: First of all it is a desire for such an experience. A desire to get out of the comfort zone, to try out something never before done and to find yourself in a new role or situation. Experience as it is – it’s something you’ve never done before. The deeper you go the scarier it gets. An example of such experience was my 2019 summer trip to Chinese village nearby Beijing, where I’ve worked for three months at Shangyuan art residence. The body of works that we have selected for this special edition of ARTiculAction — and that our readers have already started to get to know in the introductory pages of this article — has at once captured our attention for the way you invite the viewers to explore the feelings connected to human experience through a new perspective, unveiling the elusive bond between authenticity of feelings and truth: when walking our readers through your