My name is Valia Fetisov . I’m a media artist and software engineer interested in the intersection of social psychology and technology. More specifically, my passion is constructing artificial situations to explore people’s reactions. If you don’t want to read further, here is an old video that introduces my work.

Currently I’m working on a tiny exhibition space called Space in transition as an artist and a curator. Recent works include User flow – a research-based project conducted on Social Credit System and Call to action.

But the key work for understanding the origins of my interests is still the Installation of experience (2011). It is a room with an automatic door at the entrance, which closes each time someone comes in, so people are trapped there for an unknown amount of time with no instructions for how to get out.

Some of my other works include: a voicemail community Diane (2017); an online-activity tracker of my friends Be my friend (2016); a way of entering into a video surveillance system Control yourself (2012); and Paranoiapp (2015), a tool for the social psychology experiment in the form of a mobile application.

List of the previous events can be found here.

Write me if you have any questions.

Thank you for reading,
Valia