The 0+ Space will be closed November 5-7.
On Thursday November 12, the Museum, Café and Shop will be closed.
The Narkomfin Building invites visitors to a series of workshops devoted to making paper lampshades, organized in collaboration with the architecture studio MOGU!.
Participants will learn about industrial design and make lamps inspired by the interior solutions of the Narkomfin Building using one of the suggested techniques.
Marina Vaisman is an architect and graphic artist. She graduated from Moscow Central Art School at the Russian Academy of Arts and Moscow Architectural Institute. She has worked at the State Enterprise Mosproekt-4, where she took part in the development of the general plan for Khodynka Field, as well as at UB-design. She has taught at architectural studios in Moscow, including DTS SMA and Archpoint Kids. She has developed and run children’s programs at Garage Museum of Contemporary Art and Moscow Museum of Modern Art. She has organized kids’ master classes at ARCH Moscow exhibition and forum, the Children’s Archstoyanie festival, Museon Park, the Tretyakov Gallery, and the Museum of Moscow. She is the founder and creator of education programs at the children’s architecture studio MOGU!.
Nikolai Fugarov is an architect, creator of education programs, and documentary filmmaker. He studied at Moscow Institute of Architecture and Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK). He is a co-founder of the children’s architecture studio MOGU!. He has worked as a leading architect at the State Enterprise Mosproekt-4, including on the development of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts and the building of a new museum storage facility. He was a partner at Zaoplan architectural bureau and participated as the chief architect in the construction of the building for Garage Museum of Contemporary Art designed by OMA and Werner Sobek. He was chief architect at the international company Blank Architects, where he worked on Letny Sad shopping center, a residence in 2nd Obydensky Lane, and Rzhevskaya metro station. He taught and assisted at the Children’s Archstoyanie festival. He has developed and taught programs for children and teenagers at the New Tretyakov Gallery and Moscow Museum of Modern Art. He is currently chief project architect at the architectural studio AI-architects and teaches at his children’s architectural studio MOGU!.
Anna Smirnova is a creator and designer. She graduated from the Natalia Nesterova Moscow Academy of Education and is a co-founder of the children’s architectural studio MOGU!. She has developed architectural workshops and courses for Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, the Shchusev Museum of Architecture, and the New Tretyakov Gallery. She is the founder of the clothing brand NURASMIRNOVA.
Unfortunately, the Narkomfin building is not equipped with a ramp so is not wheelchair accessible. To book a Russian Sign Language interpreter, please email deaf@garagemca.org at least one week before the event.
Workshops are for visitors over the age of 16.
GARAGE card holders get a 15% discount on two tickets.
Maximum number of participants: 15 people.
For any questions, please contact us at tours@garagemca.org or by phone: +7 (926) 333-14-82.
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