Zarya Center for Contemporary Art and the Zarya Foundation for the Development of Contemporary Art announced the recipients of the international exchange research grant program Contact Zones: Far East, after an open call for proposals launched in June 2018. The recipients of the grant, who will be able to carry out their projects in one of the partner institutions in Asia, are two Russian researchers: curator Daria Bogdanova (Vladivostok) and artist, curator and researcher Nikolay Smirnov (Moscow). The two applicants from China who will take part in Zarya CCA's residency are curators Cosmin Costinas (Hong Kong) and Jue Jade Ma (Shanghai).
The program is designed to further encourage the research and self-identification of the Far East region with its unique geographical and historical features, and develop cultural exchange and cooperation between Russia and the Far East countries. A special emphasis is put on engagement with the local cultural context.