Olga Chernysheva. Dream Street.
2025, GES-2 House of Culture
Artist: Olga Chernysheva
Curators: Viktor Misiano, Elena Yaichnikova
Architecture: Sasha Kim
Light: Ksenia Kosaya
Producers: Veronika Luchnikova, Angelina Vorona
Technical production: Andrei Belov, Artem Kanifatov,
Ksenia Kosaya, Artem Marenkov
Graphic design: Olesya Voronina
Photographer: Daniel Annenkov
Сommissioned and produced by GES-2 House of Culture
Exhibition сatalogue
Publication concept: Olga Chernysheva, Victor Misiano
Layout design: Stepan Lipatov
«Olga Chernysheva. Dream Street» Exhibition Catalogue
Dream Street is a solo exhibition by artist Olga Chernysheva.
While inspired by Chekhov’s The Steppe, though the works contain no direct illustrations of it. The exhibition’s concept echoes key motifs from Chekhov’s novella—boundless space and the organic unity of existence. The display constructs the artist's symbolic world: works suspended in air, arranged on surfaces, forming a continuous expanse without defined borders.
The scenography adopts The Steppe’s poetic imagery as spatial storytelling. While organized into ten discrete sections, thematic boundaries remain fluid—ideas interweave throughout the space, connected by recurring leitmotifs. Olga's artistic cosmos similarly resists fragmentation, existing as an undivided whole.
This approach extends to the visitor experience. Guests receive a guidebook at entry, then navigate freely—unobstructed by directional signage or explanatory wall texts. Rather than prescribing an interpretation, the exhibition invites an intuitive exploration where personal discoveries shape each spectator’s understanding of the works’ relationships.