This section documents selected public and cultural interventions by Denis Karagodin, including artistic collaborations, theatrical projects, and public discussions emerging from his research and related projects.
2020 – 2022
Collaboration with Dmitri Vrubel — artistic collaboration
Artistic collaboration with Dmitri Vrubel, internationally known artist and author of the iconic Berlin Wall mural “My God, Help Me to Survive This Deadly Love,” addressing political imagery, historical memory, and contemporary media environments.
The collaboration developed in dialogue with materials from the KARAGODIN Investigation, which served as a conceptual reference point for artistic exploration. Vrubel engaged with the themes of the investigation and proposed various approaches to their visual and conceptual interpretation through contemporary artistic media.
The work included discussions and experiments with digital artistic forms, virtual environments, and conceptual installations, exploring how historical investigation can be translated into contemporary visual culture.
The collaboration included conceptual work and online performance projects exploring political symbolism, visual culture, and the transformation of historical imagery in contemporary media.
Project details:
Format: Artistic collaboration
Medium: Conceptual work and online performance projects
Period: 2020–2022
2019
Sweet for Memory — performance and public discussion at Teatr.doc
In 2019, Teatr.doc in Moscow staged the play Sweet for Memory, written by Russian writer and playwright Viktor Shenderovich and based on materials from the KARAGODIN® Investigation.
Following the performance, Denis Karagodin participated in a public discussion with the audience together with the playwright Viktor Shenderovich and Varvara Faer, director of Teatr.doc. The conversation addressed the historical context of the investigation, questions of political memory, and the transformation of archival research into theatrical narrative.
Project details:
Location: Teatr.doc, Moscow
Play: Sweet for Memory
Playwright: Viktor Shenderovich
Format: Public discussion following the theatrical performance
Participants: Denis Karagodin, Viktor Shenderovich, Varvara Faer
Year: 2019
2017
Funeral of Stalin — theatrical performance project at Gogol Center, Moscow
“Funeral of Stalin” (Похороны Сталина) was a large-scale theatrical performance directed by theatre director Kirill Serebrennikov, combining stage performance, artistic interventions, and public readings by invited participants.
The project explored themes of political memory, historical violence, and the legacy of Stalinism through the staging of a fictional public funeral for Joseph Stalin.
Denis Karagodin participated as one of the featured speakers of the performance, presenting materials from the KARAGODIN Investigation and addressing the historical context of Soviet political repression. His participation was included in the official program of the event and presented on stage as part of the performance structure.
Gogol Center, Moscow
Invited by director Kirill Serebrennikov
Project details:
Location: Gogol Center, Moscow
Format: Theatrical performance project
Director: Kirill Serebrennikov
Year: 2017