"Our internal goal was not so much a curatorial statement as working with the space, which on the one hand has a rich history, and on the other hand, a "blank" architectural solution. By the way, Tchaikovsky celebrated his wedding here, Dostoevsky - his birthday, and Maxim Gorky - the premiere of his play "The Lower Depths". We wanted to incorporate not only artworks suitable in color and plasticity but also art of special temporality that refers to both the past and the future, into the existing elements (vaulted ceilings, arches, brickwork, division into the "Hall of the Past" and the "Hall of the Future")".

The founders of the Deep List project are Irina Shulzhenko and Daria Yartseva