“Archstoyanie” Prepares for Its 20th Anniversary. The 2025 theme: “My Main Thing”

From July 25 to 27, 2025, the Nikola-Lenivets Art Park will host the 20th anniversary edition of the International Festival of Landscape Objects “Archstoyanie.” The curator of the anniversary season will be Vasily Bychkov, CEO of Expo-Park Exhibition Projects and founder of the Arch Moscow exhibition-forum. As part of a curator exchange, Nikolai Polissky, artistic director of Nikola-Lenivets, will lead the anniversary edition of Arch Moscow.

The theme for 2025 is “My Main Thing”

Once again, the festival invites visitors to step away from the noise of the city and immerse themselves in a world of their own reflections. For three days, Nikola-Lenivets will turn into a borderless “inner city,” where art objects, installations, and architectural forms become part of a notional urban fabric. For the first time, the festival will feature libraries, a university, a museum, and even a circus, symbolizing the universality and freedom of creativity.

Open Call: the “Field of My Dreams” competition

To mark the festival’s anniversary, a competition has been announced to create a large-scale art object that will serve as the climax of a journey through the metaphorical city. The one-of-a-kind installation is meant to work in two modes, with striking daytime and nighttime presentations. It will be installed on a 13-hectare field near the iconic Rotunda.

Eligibility:

Architects, artists, designers, and creatively minded people over the age of 18 are invited to take part.

Applications will be accepted until January 20, 2025.

Prizes:

The winner will receive a prize of 300,000 rubles and a grant of 2,000,000 rubles to carry out the project.