World picture

The Stella Art Foundation presents an original project by producer Marina Stepanova, the exhibition-performance The Picture of the World. Yours. This bold experiment in both form and content places art and the viewer in reversed roles. The project runs through March 10, 2026.

From a passive interpreter, the viewer becomes the central protagonist, while the art objects of contemporary artist Alexander Tito serve as scenography essential for reexamining an established picture of the world. Monumental installations made of concrete and natural materials, sculptures, lightboxes, and video art transform the halls of the Stella Art Foundation into a theatrical space. Combined with sound, light, and text, the art objects form a single route that the viewer is invited to follow.

The viewer’s journey begins with a symbolic portal — a breached wall of a bus stop — and continues through thematic zones featuring 13 art objects. These objects pose complex questions: “What am I hiding from myself?”, “Do I allow myself time to feel?”, or “What do I believe in?”, offering three possible answers to each. Every participant has the opportunity not only to live through this experience, but also to document it: the responses form an extraordinary diary — a transcription of each participant’s personal picture of the world.

The first to walk this route was the project’s artist himself. As a result, the project became a point of creative and personal reconstruction for Tito. One of Moscow’s most prominent street artists, within the performance The Picture of the World. Yours. he works in a monumental genre for the first time, adapts elements of street art to an exhibition space, and answers each of the posed questions with uncompromising honesty in every art object.

“This year became a time of profound change for me, a time of rethinking and experimentation,” the artist admits. “I step beyond the familiar, using concrete, resin, glass, soot, and charcoal to create objects in which the material itself tells its own story. My goal is to capture human life and its traces through conceptual objects, creating a space for emotion and reflection, moving beyond habitual perception and meaning.”

The author and producer of The Picture of the World. Yours., Marina Stepanova, seeks to give each participant of the exhibition-performance the opportunity to undertake a profound inner journey and to see their picture of the world anew — its true and imposed values, the meaning of life, and the pursuit of happiness. “In this project, art becomes a bridge to self-reflection and the rethinking of one’s own picture of the world,” Marina notes.

Project director Ivan Rubtsov and the author of the script and the multi-variant diary of the traveler-hero, Alla Nevecherya, wittily compare the concept of the performance to Lewis Carroll’s rabbit hole effect: like Alice, the viewer passes through a portal and embarks on a journey, returning with an important new experience. Art acts as a guide — “leading beyond itself and back again.”

Marina Stepanova — author and executive producer of the project. 

Produces projects in the field of contemporary art as well as business initiatives. Her background includes many years of successful legal and consulting practice.

Alexander Tito — project artist.

One of the most recognizable street artists, a member of the Union of Artists of Russia and a TED speaker. His work has been exhibited at the Tretyakov Gallery, Manege, Gostiny Dvor, the Central House of Artists, and in private galleries. He has realized collaborations with SBER, VKontakte, Tinkoff, VTB, and others.

Alla Nevecherya — scriptwriter.

Screenwriter, cultural theorist, and psychologist. Author of therapeutic scripts for immersive performances at Nelya Starkova’s theatrical workshop “CAMERA,” as well as private events with a psychological focus. Practices as a consulting psychologist.

Ivan Rubtsov — project director.

Stage director of theatrical productions, awards ceremonies, and concerts. Has collaborated with Andrei Konchalovsky and produced several dramatic performances, including at the M. N. Yermolova Theatre, the Sphere Theatre, and the GITIS Training Theatre. Directed the celebration of the 1000th anniversary of Suzdal and the Grand Christmas Concert at the Moscow International House of Music.

Anastasia Dokuchaeva — project curator.

Curator and art manager of Russian and international cultural projects, including the parallel programs of the 52nd and 53rd Venice Biennale and the Russian Pavilion at the 55th Venice Biennale.

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