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In their experimental essay “Night Shift: Institutional Dreams”, curator Yasya Minenkova @jaroszlawska and artist Yanis Proshkinas @proshkinas_ enter into dialogue exploring the concept of “oneiric curating.” Through an interplay of dream memories, associations, and cultural references, dreams are approached as spaces of unrestricted and unmediated creativity, but also as sites where labour continues into states of rest and where institutional regimes can be reimagined. Drawing on Giorgio Agamben’s concept of inoperativity — an activity existing for its own sake — the authors position oneiric curating as a methodological reorientation. In this framework, curatorial thinking persists without the obligation to be productive or generate measurable outcomes.
Yasya Minenkova @jaroszlawska is a сulture researcher, curator, and art critic. In her practice, she explores how contemporary art engages with institutional regimes of visibility and forms of alienation. Member of the artist collective AIRE. Based in Vilnius.
Yanis Proshkinas @proshkinas_ is an interdisciplinary artist, researcher, and producer working across various media, including video, installation, performance, and game formats. His work explores themes of productivity, work culture, and self-exploitation. Based in Vilnius.
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Image 1: Sketched dreams in Yasya’s diary. Dream no. 1 and Dream no. 2.
Image 2: Yasya Minenkova by Monika Dubinkaitė
Image 3: Yanis Proshkinas by Artūras Raila
In their experimental essay “Night Shift: Institutional Dreams”, curator Yasya Minenkova @jaroszlawska and artist Yanis Proshkinas @proshkinas_ enter into dialogue exploring the concept of “oneiric curating.” Through an interplay of dream memories, associations, and cultural references, dreams are approached as spaces of unrestricted and unmediated creativity, but also as sites where labour continues into states of rest and where institutional regimes can be reimagined. Drawing on Giorgio Agamben’s concept of inoperativity — an activity existing for its own sake — the authors position oneiric curating as a methodological reorientation. In this framework, curatorial thinking persists without the obligation to be productive or generate measurable outcomes.
Yasya Minenkova @jaroszlawska is a сulture researcher, curator, and art critic. In her practice, she explores how contemporary art engages with institutional regimes of visibility and forms of alienation. Member of the artist collective AIRE. Based in Vilnius.
Yanis Proshkinas @proshkinas_ is an interdisciplinary artist, researcher, and producer working across various media, including video, installation, performance, and game formats. His work explores themes of productivity, work culture, and self-exploitation. Based in Vilnius.
Read their full essay via our link in bio!
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Image 1: Sketched dreams in Yasya’s diary. Dream no. 1 and Dream no. 2.
Image 2: Yasya Minenkova by Monika Dubinkaitė
Image 3: Yanis Proshkinas by Artūras Raila
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