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LESHY
Press Release
Emergency Space x Erratum Projects
group exhibition ‘‘LESHY’’ 🍄
We invite you on October 22 (Wednesday) at 18:00
This is the project by Emergency Space collective in collaboration with Erratum Projects.
@emergency_space_
@erratum_projects
Artists:
Corentin Darré @corentin.darre,
Youri Johnson @youri.johnson,
Macha Pangilinan @macha_pangilinan,
Pavel Polshchikov @pavel_polshchikov_,
Misha Gudwin @misha_gudwin,
Katya Quel @quelish,
Lea de Cacqueray @lea.decacqueray,
Iuliia Skromnaya @skromnaya.i,
Ivan Volkov @volkov___vanya
Curator:
Katya Quel @quelish
Long before borders and names, the peoples of Europe lived in conversation with the forest. It sheltered them, fed them, frightened them — a vast, breathing world of spirits and unseen presences. In its depths, myths were born: gods turning into trees, voices whispering through roots and mist. The forest was not a backdrop but a living being, older than memory.
From this shared ancestry emerged the slavic figure of Leshy — guardian of the woods, trickster and protector, shifting between human, animal, and shadow. More than a figure of folklore, he is the pulse of the forest itself: unpredictable, dangerous, and generous.
Today, our lives unfold through digital architectures, guided by light and data. And yet the forest persists — as memory, as longing, as a threshold to another way of seeing. To walk among trees now is to listen differently, to remember that we are surrounded.
Leshy gathers Slavic and French artists in dialogue across myth and ecology, intimacy and technology — tracing how ancient stories still move through us, and how the forest continues to speak in a world of networks and machines.
→ Emergency Space
Part of Paris Art Week
Opening: October 22 / 18:00 🕕
(22 October – 22 November 2025)
How to find us: Please enter through the large blue door at 3 Avenue Victoria, 75004 Paris. A member of our team will be there to meet you and guide to the exhibition. If no one is there: You’ll find the exhibition on the first floor, room 713 🚪
About Emergency Space
Emergency — Curatorial Group and an independent exhibition space currently opening in Paris, near Hôtel de Ville.
We focus on group and solo exhibition projects, as well as on supporting emerging art. The main emphasis of our space is on cutting-edge and experimental art within an international context.
We are located in a building where, in 1849, the first emergency medical service in Paris — Assistance Publique — was founded to respond to urgent calls from citizens. During the Paris Commune in 1871, the building survived a fire and continued saving lives. The name Emergency reflects a spirit of urgency and readiness to act without delay — just like our commitment to showcasing young and experimental art.
The exhibition space was founded by a curatorial group consisting of artists and curators Ivan Volkov, Misha Gudwin, Iuliia Skromnaya and collector Dmitry Malyshev.
Contact us: 💌
emergency.curatorial.group@gmail.com
erratumprojects@gmail.com / erratum.cargo.site