Erzia-Bakhtin reading: text, image, art today

The article provides an overview of activities carried out in 2022-2003 in Saransk on the basis of the Mordovia Republican Museum of Fine Arts named after S.D. Erzia (MRMFA) and M.M. Bakhtin Center in N.P. Ogarev National Research Mordovia State University within the framework of the project “Erzia-Bakhtin Reading: Text, Image, Art Today.” The initiator of the project was the Cultural and Exhibition Center of the State Russian Museum (St. Petersburg), opened at the MRMFA in 2018. Reading is aimed at attracting a youth audience to the museum with the aim of introducing them to the Russian art and philosophy, of searching for meanings relevant for the development of creative environment in Saransk. The peculiarity of the Erzia-Bakhtin reading lies in the comparative reading of philosophical (M.M. Bakhtin) and sculptural (S.D. Erzia) texts. During the implementation of the project, regular meetings of the reading group were held, which included representatives of the youth in Saransk: pupils of schools, students and graduate students of N.P. Ogarev Mordovia State University, young representatives of creative professions.