The Story of How Nicholas II and Magician Papus Secretly Conducted a Spiritist Seance Aimed to Prevent the Revolution, and Failed

The exhibition based on the memoirs of the French Ambassador Maurice Paléologue, describing a secret spiritist seance by the French magician Papus and Czar Nicolas II, conducted in the Czar's residence in St. Petersburg with the aim of halting the development of the revolution. The story is told in the language of art, and this “political occultism” is examined from the standpoint of materialism through varied reflections on the topic by international artists / doctoral researchers. The exhibition is organised by the Academy of Fine Arts / University of Arts, Helsinki. Artists: Bruno Moreschi, Edvine Larssen, Gregoire Rousseau, Ilya Orlov, Jana Müller, Jyrki Siukonen, Matthew Cowan, Orens, Semyon Motolyanets, Vincent Roumagnac. The exhibition has been pre-examined and accepted as an artistic part of the dissertation.