HAPPY TO BE HERE is collaborative online project created by Nizhny Novgorod musician Michael Pinyaeva (Aeger Smoothie) and the Scottish video artist Heather Lander. The project was prepared as part of the Arsenal Electronic Lab's creative workshops program with the support of the Culture and Education Department of the British Embassy in Moscow under the UK-Russia Creative Bridge 2020–2021 program.
The presentation of the project took place on February 25 at 19:00 on the museum's website - arsenal-museum.art . Before the premiere, an artist-talk with Mikhail Pinyaev, Heather Lander and the curator of the project - musicologist Ksenia Anufrieva was held online.
Volgo-Vyatka branch of the Pushkin Museum im. A.S. Pushkin (NCCA Nizhny Novgorod - Arsenal)
A selection of some of the audio and visual works can be found on Vimeo, links below.
1. Set the Course
2. En Route
3. Boundaries
6. I Wish I Could Go Back