Hanna Palei
Mazyr, Belarus
cultural manager/researcher/curator
date of residency: July – September 2023
palei.hanna.tilda.ws
Hanna Palei is a cultural manager and curator from Belarus. Her curatorial projects are focused on identity, feminism and everyday life in the Belarusian context. She is the founder of the cultural and educational platform Pershy Krok (pershykrok.by), which was established in 2018 as a local network of art actors for the study and practice of new media. Her previous works include, for example, the International Festival of Photography Month (regional program, theme: Survival, 2020), the series of audiovisual female portraits Authentic (2021), the educational art program Palesse in Focus (2022). She is the founder of the maramora.co platform.
The goal of the residency
During her residency, she focused primarily on the development of the maramora.co educational project. She actively worked on fundraising, content and, last but not least, on developing partnerships with cultural institutions not only in Slovakia. Together with the maramora team and Malý Berlin, she prepared a guide of Slovak independent art spaces for international collaborations. In addition, she prepared a discussion with Belarusian female artists about contemporary art and culture in Belarus and worked on the exhibition of the Trnava artist Emília Rigová.