Vladimir Lilo. From the project #antiposuda Pulex irritans.

Today, PARAZIT is one of the most striking creative initiatives in St. Petersburg. It is a kind of creative laboratory where a mutually beneficial exchange of skills and experience takes place with irrepressible young energy. With the main group's composition unchanged, a large number of young talents pass through it every year, and the brightest and most talented remain in the group.

The social involvement of the members of the association sometimes pushes them to use polar creative strategies – from the total tightness of the created works to their complete transparency, often enhanced by an ironically grotesque "story". However, one gets the impression that this focus on the problem of viewer perception is in many ways traumatic. The artists seem to be saying – this is my work, it is carefully reflected and properly executed, what else do you need?

Text: Timur Musaev-Kagan