Konstantin Georgiev is a doctoral candidate at the Anthropology Department of Rice University, currently writing his dissertation on the afterlives and legacies of a closed down scientific institute in post-Soviet Siberia. His project is based on ethnographic and archival research carried out in multiple research trips between 2019 and 2022. Outside of his academic work, Konstantin has worked as a writer, researcher, and fact-checker in film and TV and as an archivist at a film and video archive. His collaborations with various artists have resulted in photo books, an exhibition, and a forthcoming theater piece.