2000
Erika Tsimbrovsky, Vadim Puyandaev, Maksim Goldenberg founded the experimental performance group EVM Lab to research the interaction between diverse media structures. At this time EVM Lab was joined by artist outsider with down syndrome, Peter Chayka.
2004
EVM Lab was renamed INTERSECTION group and joined by visual artists and photographers Izmail (Israel) Galin and Natasha Zborovskaya-Sigawi.
The performances has been made possible by grants from the Israeli Ministry of Education and Culture, Israeli Lottery and Talder Group.
2006
Erika Tsimbrovsky and Vadim Puyandaev immigrated to USA and the INTERSECTION became an international group Avy K Productions. Avy K Productions expanded and was joined by the musician Grundik Kasyansky and ex-member Laura Maguire.
Avy K’s projects were supported by grants from the Dancers’ Group Lighting Artists in Dance, Zellerbach Family Foundation, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Guzik Foundation, Lincoln University, Theatre Bay Area in partnership with Dancers’ Group.
Grundik Kasyansky is a London-based artist who works internationally in improvisation, live installation, and audio collage. Recent activities include a record with Jamie Coleman and Seymour Wright, a tour with Guillaume Viltard and Jack Wright, a record with Paul Abbott, as well as ongoing research within Eddie Prévost’s improvisation workshop. He has also collaborated with choreographers Erika Tsimbrovsky, Ximena Garnica, and Deganit Shemy, and with visual artists Shige Moriya, Ofri Cnaani, and Hagar Goren.
Laura Maguire(ex-member) came to the US from Ireland to study Philosophy. She received her PhD from Stanford University, where she currently teaches. Laura has studied various forms of improvisational dance, including Argentine Tango and Contact Improvisation. She participated in Anna Halprin's 2006 reconstruction of Ten Myths and she also performed in Halprin's Dancing with the Rodins: Awaken. She recently choreographed a short dance for The Real Kim Harmon's Habeas Corpus.
Aleksey Bochkovsky(photographer) was born in Kiev, Ukraine, and moved to the Bay Area in 2005. Aleksey has participated in exhibits in New York and San Francisco and has received awards for his creative work.
Izmail (Israel) Galin is a visual artist and photographer born in Central Asia. He has been living and working in Tel Aviv, Israel, since 1995. There he worked with Tsimbrovsky and Puyandaev in their award-winning group, EVM Laboratories.
Natasha Zborovskaya-Sigawi is a visual artist and photographer based in Tel Aviv, Israel. She has collaborated with Tsimbrovsky and Puyandaev many times, both with their group, EVM Laboratories, in Israel and with Avy K Productions in San Francisco.
Peter Chajka is an artist outsider.
