Katt Vasileva
@kattvasileva / Founder
ART•Sanatorium is a space for slowing down and deepening your awareness.
Here, art ceases to be an object and becomes a state of being.
I create intimate formats where one can pause, listen to the silence within, and experience the encounter with art as a personal journey.
This project is not about speed and mass consumption. It is about the quality of presence, dialogue, and the new meanings that are born only in silence and mindful attention.
Here, art ceases to be an object and becomes a state of being.
I create intimate formats where one can pause, listen to the silence within, and experience the encounter with art as a personal journey.
This project is not about speed and mass consumption. It is about the quality of presence, dialogue, and the new meanings that are born only in silence and mindful attention.
About ART•Sanatorium & Katt Vasileva
ART•Sanatorium — is an independent project dedicated to slow art, the philosophy of contemplation, and a community built around intimacy and depth. It is a meeting place for creators, researchers, and viewers who seek to move beyond superficial perception.
The project’s mission
is to create and protect spaces where art ceases to be an object and becomes a state of being; where people gather for the quality of presence; where they can slow down to hear the silence within themselves, navigate inner crises, and discover new meanings through art.
The project’s mission
is to create and protect spaces where art ceases to be an object and becomes a state of being; where people gather for the quality of presence; where they can slow down to hear the silence within themselves, navigate inner crises, and discover new meanings through art.
ART•Sanatorium develops several formats:
Slow Art Mediations — intimate gatherings where we look at works of art without interpretations or judgments. Art becomes a mirror for personal meanings.
Art Breakfasts — thematic programs for small groups where we explore a single theme or emotion through art and dialogue (online and offline).
Zamechat Art (Noticing Art) — Slow art tours and art retreats (starting in 2026). These are short journeys in St. Petersburg and other cities where we collectively discover the depth of art spaces.
Slow Art Mediations — intimate gatherings where we look at works of art without interpretations or judgments. Art becomes a mirror for personal meanings.
Art Breakfasts — thematic programs for small groups where we explore a single theme or emotion through art and dialogue (online and offline).
Zamechat Art (Noticing Art) — Slow art tours and art retreats (starting in 2026). These are short journeys in St. Petersburg and other cities where we collectively discover the depth of art spaces.
Hello. I'm Katt Vasileva,
an independent slow art mediator and the founder of ART•Sanatorium.
My journey into art began in childhood when, at 14, I first visited the Louvre, Montmartre, and the Dresden Gallery. These places impressed me more deeply than any other tourist attractions.
Later, I worked in a museum, participated in archaeological excavations, and developed educational projects for museum audiences.
My path led me through international tourism and the creation of custom art routes, business coaching, and art practices for teams.
A turning point was a personal loss—art became my way to navigate the crisis and find new meaning.
This is how my method was born: slow, philosophical contemplation of art, where a work becomes a mirror for the viewer, not a "text to be interpreted." Today, I am developing ART•Sanatorium as a space for dialogue, restoration, and inspiration.»
Later, I worked in a museum, participated in archaeological excavations, and developed educational projects for museum audiences.
My path led me through international tourism and the creation of custom art routes, business coaching, and art practices for teams.
A turning point was a personal loss—art became my way to navigate the crisis and find new meaning.
This is how my method was born: slow, philosophical contemplation of art, where a work becomes a mirror for the viewer, not a "text to be interpreted." Today, I am developing ART•Sanatorium as a space for dialogue, restoration, and inspiration.»
Slow Art
Slow Art
An international movement dedicated to the slow contemplation of art
The origins of Slow Art can be traced back to the art of the past (the creation of paintings and sculptures has always been a slow process), but it emerged as a conscious movement in the late 2000s to early 2010s.
The founder of the movement, artist Phyl Terry, once invited a group of friends to a museum with a simple task: to look at just five works of art for one hour and then discuss their experience over lunch. This simple idea later grew into a global annual event, now supported by hundreds of museums and art professionals worldwide.
The founder of the movement, artist Phyl Terry, once invited a group of friends to a museum with a simple task: to look at just five works of art for one hour and then discuss their experience over lunch. This simple idea later grew into a global annual event, now supported by hundreds of museums and art professionals worldwide.
It is a conscious protest against clip-thinking, information overload, and the habit of "checking off" museums by spending just 10-15 seconds on each masterpiece.
The Slow Art movement reminds us of a simple truth:
art exists not to be consumed, but to be experienced. It is a return to a genuine dialogue between the viewer and the artwork, an opportunity to find silence and meaning in an frantically fast world.
The Slow Art movement reminds us of a simple truth:
art exists not to be consumed, but to be experienced. It is a return to a genuine dialogue between the viewer and the artwork, an opportunity to find silence and meaning in an frantically fast world.
In the classic Slow Art practice, the viewer spends time alone with a work of art to experience it more deeply.
My method is different:
▪ There are no interpretations or ready-made answers here.
▪ Instead of explanations, I ask questions that guide your attention inward, to your personal experience.
▪ It is a dialogue with yourself through art.
Slow Art at ART•Sanatorium is not just a contemplation practice but the philosophy on which the entire community is built: intimacy, silence, and depth.
My method is different:
▪ There are no interpretations or ready-made answers here.
▪ Instead of explanations, I ask questions that guide your attention inward, to your personal experience.
▪ It is a dialogue with yourself through art.
Slow Art at ART•Sanatorium is not just a contemplation practice but the philosophy on which the entire community is built: intimacy, silence, and depth.
YouTube Channel
One of the videos living on the channel ➝
In April 2023, I conceived ART•Sanatorium as a way to fill my virtual space with aesthetics and beauty. It began as an intimate Telegram channel "for a close circle."
Then, in July 2025, the YouTube channel replaced the Telegram channel.
Then, in July 2025, the YouTube channel replaced the Telegram channel.
Every video on the channel is an opportunity to slow down, to feel the details, to capture what usually slips away.
This is not an art blog; it is a realm for inner journeys, an essay-diary, a gallery of personal mediative experience where you don't need to understand, search, or explain—only to watch, to hear, to feel.
This is not an art blog; it is a realm for inner journeys, an essay-diary, a gallery of personal mediative experience where you don't need to understand, search, or explain—only to watch, to hear, to feel.
All videos have English subtitles.
© ART•Sanatorium
Васильева Екатерина Анатольевна
ИНН 602505250482
2025
