Анна Франц
из серии «Система координат»
Инсталляция, 2023
Arduino C, Python; Raspberry Pi 3, Arduino контроллеры; мини проекторы, медиаплеер, светодиодная лента; пластиковый камень, подиум
Инженеры: Филип Аветисов, Денис Андреев, Евгений Овсянников, Дмитрий Широков
Видео инжненер: Александр Бочков
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Anna Frants
from series “Coordinate system”
Installation, 2023
Arduino C, Python; Raspberry Pi 3, Arduino controllers; micro projectors, media players, LED strip; artificial plastic rock, podium
Engineers: Philipp Avetisov, Denis Andreev, Eugene Ovsyannikov, Dmitry Shirokov
Video engineer: Alexander Bochkov
Supported by CYLAND MediaArtLab
In her work “Obstinacy and Persistence”, Anna Frants reflects on these apparent synonyms. Obstinacy is common to both humans and animals, and even more so to the latter, since the saying goes “obstinate as a mule”, and not the other way around. As for persistence, it is mainly characteristic of people who possess this quality, helping them to win at any work, even as meaningless as the one Sisyphus had. Camus, however, believed that the Sisyphean labor has as much meaning as most of our contemporary jobs in factories or offices. An obstinate creature will make every effort to not budge. But a persistent person will be moving forward or upward, overcoming all the obstacles and being guided by a star in the sky or, by flickers of light running up the tamarind seedpod.
The ninth “Cyberfest” at the Hermitage bids farewell to analog culture. At the festival, pianos are chopped with axes, shattered cathode-ray tubes are displayed, and there is a longing for a non-digital era. However, since last year, only a fraction of “Cyberfest,” conceived by Saint Petersburg natives Anna Frants and Marina Koldobskaya, can be seen at the Hermitage. In 2014, the main venue moved to Berlin, and this year to Bogota. Nevertheless, there’s still plenty to impress in Saint Petersburg.