Zhenya Lapteva is a contemporary artist from the westernmost part of Russia, Kaliningrad. She is a member of the art group "Tender Women". Zhenya is raising her six-year-old daughter Vera with cerebral palsy. Zhenya and Vera are almost always together, whether it's going to the store or creating a new performance. The performance refers to the onion towers of St. Basil's Cathedral in St. Petersburg