Laboratory «PubLab 1. Archeology without a shovel» set to show the works of 12 Siberian artists under the guidance of experienced tutors Grekht and Tanya Chernomordova (St. Petersburg).

The exhibition was titled «You were (not) here» or «Mystical unicorn and a meeting with laboratory assistants from the Research Institute of Dog Affairs».

According to the authors of the project, the artists held meetings with urbanists and sociologists, historians and local residents for the project specifically. The former talked about the people–street art interaction, whereas the latter shared historical facts and legends.

— Working in the inner and outer space of the mansion, artists faced many questions about the place and function of a monument in the city, about the choice between conservation or restoration, about the need for fences and other barriers, about assigning space by creating additional noise, about the hospitality of public spaces. The work of the laboratory resulted in the exhibition «You were (not) here» in the mansion. The exhibition, installations, objects provoke the viewer to search for new methods of coexistence with the art, the museum, the city.