In 2014, CYBERFEST «The Other Home (s)» explores the commonalities and differentiations among physical, emotional and cultural manifestations attached to the concept of «home».
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“IT IS EASIER TO GET SUPPORT IN BERLIN THAN IN ST. PETERSBURG”
This year, CYFEST in St. Petersburg was rather short-lived – from November 5th to November 9th. In the Hermitage Youth Center in the General Staff Building, the American Ken Butler – an heir to Dada, Fluxus and New Age simultaneously – held his performances playing the instruments that were hand-made out of trash. It was also the venue for screening of documentaries about the history of electronic music and for showcasing of the sound-art archive from the CYLAND Media Lab.
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ANNA FRANTS AND MARINA KOLDOBSKAYA: “It’s not the convulsions of politicians that change the world”.
Anna Frants and Marina Koldobskaya are cofounders of the Media Lab CYLAND that provides creative technical needs (from any kind of equipment to the services of computer programmers) for art ideas. Since 2007, they have held the festival of media art CYFEST: started in St.Petersburg, now it is completely delocalized and, this year, it takes place in St. Petersburg, Moscow, Berlin, New York and Tokyo as well as on the internet. Anna Matveyeva talked with the festival founders about media, globalization and about the fact why the spiritual bonds do not work.
