As humanity experiences crisis after crisis, it's time to think about who will take care of preserving the knowledge of what art is. "Institute of Autochthonous Linguistics" is a research project dedicated to art for non-human species, that invites artists to create works specifically aimed at the cognitive apparatus and the sensory spectrum of dogs.

It is known that dogs have the ability to transmit information through barking over distances of 2-3 km, while the emotional palette of their messages can range from warning of danger to calling for play. But what if works of art become the subject of canine communication? And what if Victoria gallery becomes the starting point for launching an "art dialogue" among non-human species, a communication that will spread first to the district, then to the city, and later, possibly, to the whole world? After all, dog language, unlike human language, does not know dialects and is based on a single, intraspecific dictionary.

The "IAL" exhibition features a range of works in different media - from animation to sound art, from painting in a dichromatic spectrum to aromatic installations, from found objects to tactile sculptures created in collaboration with artificial intelligence.
This exhibition can and should be visited with dogs! Dog owners are also offered a special questionnaire - in it, we suggest recording the reactions of pets to the works they encounter in the gallery to later use this data for better understanding of the impact of art on dogs.