Nikima Jagudajev. Basically

Basically is an ongoing live project that grows through accumulation and divergence. The exhibition format is a hybrid production site, residency space and schoolyard where visitors are invited to experience how the works' characters write the world of Basically into existence—and to become a part of this open-world, role playing game. Jagudajev is interested in social relations as spatial relations and how we come together in meaningful and considerate ways. They call their collaborative, prefigurative practice “re-schooling”—inspired by playful ways students subvert the educational system. Some of the most creative and heartfelt acts of our early education, like self-organized play, gossip, flirting, passing notes, were extra-curricular yet located within the institution.