My practice is imprinted by the implosion of the USSR and molded in immigration across borders, media and languages. My research focuses post-socialist embodied art practices and, specifically working comparatively between Chinese and Russian contexts, with an attention to class, gender and sexuality, feminist deconstruction and the performance studies methodology. I am also a practicing artist, writer, mother and member of the research collective Agitatsia, a group dedicated to Russian performance, art and activism. I have a BA from Smith College and MA degrees from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Central European University, Budapest. I am a citizen of Estonia.
Select Publications:
Darja Filippova; A Sinner or a Criminal? The Judgment of Oleg Mavromatti under Article 282. Poetics Today, September 2020; 41 (3): 437–460
Dasha Filippova. Annihilation. The Point Magazine, Fall 2020; 223: 153-161 thepointmag.com/examined-life/annihilation/.
Agitatsia. “Party of the Dead: Necroaesthetics and Transformation of Political Performativity in Russia During the Pandemic.” ARTMargins, 3 March 2021, https://artmargins.com/party-of-the-dead-necroaesthetics-and-transformation-of-political-performanity-in-russia-during-the-pandemic/