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.
THE LAST APOLOGY OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT ERA
The unfashionable house, reflecting a romantic Edwardian style, located at 2 East 63rd Street in New York, stands in a highly respectable location, just a block and a half from Fifth Avenue and Central Park. But its prestigious geography is not the only notable aspect. The 1921 mansion, distinct from its contemporaries for its expansive width of nearly forty meters, was designed by architect Friedrich Sterner. Unlike neighboring buildings built vertically due to the extraordinary cost of land, Sterner’s design sprawls horizontally. Its three visible stories from the street, with a fourth only visible from the rear, defy local standards with a spacious inner courtyard featuring a fountain, surrounded by rooms on the first floor.
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THE HERMITAGE HAS EXHIBITED INSTALLATIONS BY CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS
At the State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, the “Timekeeper” exhibition features installations by contemporary Belgian and American artists, exploring the theme of time. This five-day exhibition includes the works of Anna Frants, Alexandra Dementieva, Arno Jacobs, and Koen Theys.
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