Константин Валерьевич Азаров

Историк философии, культуролог, специалист по эстетике и теории авангарда, русского авангарда, проблематики образа в культуре, посттрадиционному Китаю, современному искусству стран Восточной Азии.
Защитил магистерскую диссертацию по религиозности Русского Авангарда. Участник Лаборатории Метафизических Исследований с 2004 года. В 2009-2010 годах преподавал философию в ПИИ.

Книги и учебники


Музей и эпоха постмодерна. Учебно-методическое пособие для специализаций и направлений "Гуманитарные науки"030000,"Социальные науки"040000,"Культкра и искусство" 070000. СПб. 2010.
Музей в эпоху постмодерна. Репрезентация музея. Коллективная монография. СПбГУ. 2010. (разделы: Азаров К.В. Ларионов И.Ю. Постмодернистские основания музеефикации современной культуры; Азаров К.В. Жестуальность культуры в пространстве музея)

Статьи


Забвение и художественное наследие // Музей и культурное наследие: постмодерн. СПб. 2010.
Визуальный шок. фотоизмерение проблемы // Метафизические исследования. Выпуск 214. Дагерротип. СПб. 2010.
Память искусства в современности // Культурное наследие в ситуации постмодерн. СПб. 2009.
Категории новой религиозной харизмы // Методологические проблемы религиоведения. 4 торчиновские чтения философия, религия и культура стран востока. СПб. 2007.
Абстрактное искусство как гносеология зрителя // Зритель в искусстве. Интерпретация и творчество. Материалы научнойконференции. СПб. 2007.

Рецензии


Генезис социального В.Вульфа. Идеология образования, тело, коммуникация (Рецензия на книгу: Вульф К. Кгенезису социального. Мимезис, перформативность, ритуал / Пер. с нем. Г.Хайдаровой. СПб.: Интерсоцис, 2009. – 164 с.) // Credo new. № 1. 2010.

Areas of Specialization


Avant-guarde theory, Cultural Studies, Philosophy of art
Areas of Competence
Russian studies, Russian Avant-guarde, Modern Jewish art, Sinology of Posttraditional China, Modern Chinese art, Modern art of Japan, Modern art of Taiwan

Education

2003-2007 - bachelor program, St. Petersburg State University, Department of Philosophy. Religiosity of the Russian Avant-garde art. Graduated with honors.
2007-2009 - M.A. program, St. Petersburg State University, Department of Philosophy. Thesis: Religiosity of Vitebsk school of the Russian artistic Avant-garde. Graduated with honors.
2011-2012 Chinese language center of National Cheng Kung University
Since 2012 PhD. program of National Chengchi University, Philosophy department

Art educatio

I also was taught in traditional of Western classical painting (1998-2002 Youth Art School Alexandrino, 2002-2003 S. Trepak's private school of Academic paintings (S. Trepak is a member of the Russian Art Union, student of prof. A.A. Milnikov) and get courses of 國畫 in National Cheng Kung University, teacher prof. Zhang. This experience gives me an excellent chance to compare the actual reality of art practice and theoretical reflections on art.

Work experience


2004 - was accepted to the Laboratory of Metaphysical Studies of Department of Philosophy, St. Petersburg State University Department of Philosophy. Still a current member.
2009-2011 assistant professor of Petersburg Institute of Jewish studies (courses: Philosophy, Medieval Philosophy, Contemporary Conceptions of Natural Science).
2008-2010 - Take part in the research project The Museum's Philosophy and Culture of Postmodernism. Head of a project - prof. E. Sokolov.
2010-2011 curator of the Student Scientific Society of Petersburg Institute of Jewish Studies
2010-2011 curator of seminars on Contemporary art and Jewish modern art in Art center of Petersburg Institute of Jewish Studies.

Awards


2007 Graduation with honors. Bachelor program, St. Petersburg State University, Department of Philosophy.
2009 Graduation with honors. M.A. program, St. Petersburg State University, Department of Philosophy.

Academic publications

Books
Museum and the postmodern era. Coursebook for students (majors: "humanities"030000 "Social science" 040000, "culture and the arts" 070000). St. Petersburg. 2010.
The museum in the postmodern era. Representation of the museum. The collective monograph. St. Petersburg State University. 2010. (Sections: Azarov, K.V. Larionov, I.Y. Basis of postmodernist museumification of modern culture. 9-22 pp.; Azarov, K.V. Cultural gestures in a space of museum. 136-151 pp.)

Reviews


Genesis of social according to Christoph Wulf. The ideology of education, body, communication (Review on Wulf Chr. Zur Genese des Sozialen. Mimesis, Performativität, Ritual. Bielefeld, 2005) // Credo new. Vol 1. 2010.

Articles


The New Religious Charisma // 4th International Scientific Conference of Philosophy, Religion and Culture of Asian Countries. In memoriam of E.A. Torchinov. 2007.
Abstract art as epistemology of the observer // Beholder in the art. The interpretation and creativity. Materials of scientific conference. St. Petersburg. 2007.
Memory of the art in modern times // Cultural heritage in the postmodern situation. St. Petersburg. 2009.
Oblivion and artistic heritage // Museum and Cultural Heritage: Postmodern. St. Petersburg. 2010.
Visual Shock. Photographic dimension of the problem // Metaphysical studies. Vol. 214. Daguerreotype. St. Petersburg. 2010.
General and particular in visual media ecology of China and Sinosphere // in the process of publication, Media philosophy center, St. Petersburg state university.

Talks and public Lectures


Invited talk: The experience of the victim in the artistic representation of the twentieth century and George Segal. Annual conference of Petersburg Institute of Jewish Studies. Time and Ritual. 2010.
Public lecture: Contemporary art, an annotation to a phenomenon. Contemporary Art Festival Psihonavtika - House of growth. Аrt gallery Kitchen, St. Petersburg. 2010.
Invited talk: Animated film A Jewish Girl in Shanghai (犹太女孩在上海). Art and Politics in the Era of Globalization Annual conference of Petersburg Institute of Jewish Studies, in memoriam of K.B. Starkovoy. 2011.
Lecture: Media Ecology of China for Summer school of Visual ecology. St. Petersburg State University, Institute of philosophy, Center of Media philosophy, 2014.
Invited talk: Style of Contemporary Chinese Philosophy. St. Petersburg State University, Institute of philosophy. 2014.
Aesthetic strategy of Suprematism through Taiwanese eyes: video art. Suprematist Kapital by Zukunftsmusik. The Second Conference on Contemporary Philosophy in East Asia, University of Kyoto. 2014.

Organizational activities, research and art projects


Club Africa, St. Petersburg, personal exhibition of digital paintings. 2008.
Gallery Bay-Bay Ballet, co-exhibition of digital paintings with N. S. Koroleva. St. Petersburg, 2010.
Co-curator of the Student Section of the annual conference Days of Philosophy in Saint Petersburg 2008. St. Petersburg State University, Department of Philosophy.
Curator of exhibition Visual Anthropology of Education. Project I, – painting. Exhibition hall of Russian Christian Humanitarian Academy. 2008.
Co-curator of seminar Visual Anthropology of Education with the participation of the Laboratory of Metaphysical Studies of St. Petersburg State University.
Photo Contest exhibition. St. Petersburg State University, Faculty of Philosophy. 2008.
Curator of exhibition, co-curator of the seminar "Anthology of Photography" with the participation of the Laboratory of Metaphysical Studies of St. Petersburg State University.
Contemporary Art Festival Psihonavtika - House of growth, art gallery Kitchen. 2010.
Curator of the seminar Contemporary art. An explanation of the phenomenon with the
participation of the Laboratory of Metaphysical Studies of St. Petersburg State University. Curator of Video art seminar.