Interactive video installation "Millennials": convergent approach in education and Collective Performance

The subject of the research is the development, creation and holding of a group immersive exhibition "Millennials", the authors and creators of which are a creative team consisting of a teacher and 15 students. The subject of the exhibition is the culture of childhood in Russia in the first decade of the 21st century. It was during these years that the childhood of the students took place, 13 of whom were born in 2002, and two in 1998 and 1999. The article presents the innovative experience of organizing and holding an immersive exhibition dedicated to the culture of childhood in Russia at the beginning of the XXI century, created by students of the final year of the bachelor's degree of A.I. Herzen Russian State Pedagogical University (direction "Cultural education", module: "Museum and theater pedagogy") in October 2023 - January 2024 under the guidance of the author of the article – M.L.Magidovich. The following approaches and methods of sociological surveys were used by the authors: case study, included observation, focused survey, anonymous questionnaire. In many ways, the study was based on the theory of cultural capital and social space of Pierre Bourdieu. The novelty of the study is determined by the artistic components of the exposition (concept, title, texts, sculptural objects, audio-visual content), the format of the exhibition (performative basis, theatricalization, interactivity), as well as the author's methodology and methodology for collecting and processing empirical data obtained during the development and holding of the exhibition. Among the main conclusions, one can note the revealed nostalgia for the own childhood of modern 20-year-olds, the dependence of generational cultural codes and the structure of everyday life in childhood on television content viewed in preschool and primary school age, problems of intergenerational communications associated with various spectator experiences in childhood. The format of the collective exhibition of students contributes not only to the growth of professional competence of future professionals, but can also become the basis for convergent research and the development of significant museum projects. The obtained research results can be used both in the artistic practice of contemporary art and in social and humanitarian studies of youth.

immersive, art education, art-pedagogics, exhibition, student, exhibition design, audiovisual installation, collective performance, Action research, childhood culture