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PRIVATE COLLECTION

All over the world, private parties are a fashionable trend and a source of buzz. But in our city, they’ve long since become a routine thing. Sobaka.ru shares nine exclusive events — from Sunday night Mafia games to BBQs with celebrities.

/artist, organizer of the “Cyberfest-2008” festival/

What happens in my apartment on Rubinstein Street is hard to call a classic afterparty: we host gatherings not only after art events, but also just on weekends. The most recent one was dedicated to Cyberfest, an art festival that featured not only real artists, but also cyber-objects — in simpler terms, robots and gadgets — which were used in performances and installations. The afterparty followed the same theme.

This year at Cyberfest, you could see robots created by artist Zlata Panirovska, and at the party, there was an Austrian robot that could mix cocktails. The guest list included both established artists and younger creatives. The party had a very unusual musical background. At my request, photographer Dmitry Shubin learned to play the theremin and accompanied the cyber-artists.

I always take the role of observer. For me, both the performances themselves and the audience’s reactions — as well as the fun — are a kind of game. I know that many people criticize cyber-art, but art must evolve with technology. Progress is inevitable.

Sobaka.RU January 8, 2009

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NOVEMBER 25–30, ST. PETERSBURG – SECOND INTERNATIONAL CYBER ART FESTIVAL CYBERFEST 2008

Organised by:

* Youth Educational Centre of the State Hermitage Museum * National Centre for Contemporary Art, St. Petersburg Branch * St. Petersburg Arts Project, NY * Frants Gallery Space, NY–SPB * CYLAND Media Lab

With the support of:

Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation * OneMarketData Ltd, NY * Dam, Stuhltrager Gallery, NY * Quartier für Digitale Kultur, MuseumsQuartier, Vienna * SHIFZ (Syntharthuralistic Art Association), Vienna * Pop/off Gallery, Moscow * Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh * LYUDA Gallery, St. Petersburg * Griaznaya Gallery, St. Petersburg

Presents:
CYBERFEST 2008
Second International Cyber Art Festival
November 25–30

November 25

Youth Educational Centre of the State Hermitage Museum

  • 12:00 – Press Conference

  • 15:00 – Festival Opening

Exhibitions and Performances:

  • “Silver Clouds” by Andy Warhol, engineer Billy Klüver

  • “BRAGOFON-STVOL-DISTILLATOR ‘LIQUIDATOR'” by mikhael a crest sator ArXeNeKrOHeN

  • “TIDE” (robotic installation) by Brose Partington

  • “Model of Bipolar Activity” (cyber installation) by Dmitriy Kawarga, audio by George Beloglazov, biofeedback by Timour Shchoukine

  • “Field of Grass” (bio-installation) by Ryan Wolfe

  • “TOUCH ME” (Internet project) – concept by Anna Frants, curated by Anna Kolosova

Video artists include:
Anna Frants, Anna Kolosova, Alexandra Lerman, Vladimir Bistrov, Maria Sha, Dmitri Bulnigin, Kirill Shuvalov, Dmitri Shubin, Natalia Lyakh, Alina Bliumis, Eugene Rodrigues, Daria Marchiki, Andrey Rezhet, Nadine Donath, Ira Treleu, Vladimir Lilo

Sound artists:
Cygni Vox, Beaver, Giuseppe Gavazza, Konstantin Elfimov, Gosha Solnzev

  • “37”, media happening by Vladimir Lilo

  • “DRAMPAINTING”, media performance by CYLAND Media Lab
    Concept: Anna Frants
    Programming: Mikhail Chernov
    Visuals: Marina Koldobskaya
    Drums: Dmitry Frolov

  • “CYBERHELMET TRIP”
    Concept: Anna Frants & Marina Koldobskaya
    Programming: Michael Chernov & Oleg Rodionov
    Design: Olga Rostrosta

  • “Tereminvox Populi”, performance by Dmitriy Shubin

LYUDA Gallery

  • 19:00 – Opening of Anna Frants’ exhibition “Soda Water”
    Programming and engineering: Mikhail Chernov

November 27

  • 18:00 – Lecture-performance “The Game of War”
    by the group Class Wargames (UK)
    Including:
    Dr. Richard Barbrook (Univ. of Westminster), Ilze Black, Lucy Blake, Mark Copplestone, Rod Dickinson, Fabian Tompsett, Alex Veness
    In collaboration with Stefan Lutschinger (Vienna)
    With support from tagr.tv

November 28

  • 17:00 – Film screening: “Theremin – An Electronic Odyssey” (1995)
    Featuring: Leon Theremin, Clara Rockmore
    Director: Steven M. Martin
    Russian subtitles by Konstantin Elfimov, specially for Cyberfest

  • Performance: “Tereminvox Populi” by Dmitriy Shubin

November 30

  • 12:00 – Performance “Final Distillation”, by acrest@prawda

November 26–30

Youth Educational Centre of the State Hermitage Museum
Exhibition open daily from 12:00 to 17:30

LYUDA Gallery
By appointment: +7 921 7682208

November 30 – CYBER PARTY

Frants Gallery Space
By invitation only

  • “Mind Reading Martini Maker” by Magnum Wurzer & Chris Veigl

  • “30 Par/sek to Phives” by Zlata Ponirovskaya

  • “Tereminvox Populi”, performance by Dmitriy Shubin

Venue Info:

Youth Educational Centre of the State Hermitage Museum
Address: Dvortsovaya Sq., General Staff Building, 6–8, 3rd floor
Phone: +7 (812) 7109530

LYUDA Gallery
Address: 42 Mokhovaya St., inner courtyard

NCCA St. Petersburg (for information):
Phone: +7 (812) 7177967

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PIES AT ANNA FRANTS GALLERY, CHAMPAGNE AT NATALIA LYAKH’S APARTMENT PARTY

On Friday, pirozhki were served: some with meat, others with jam. At Anna Frants’ gallery (Frants Gallery) in Soho, there’s a long-standing tradition: an exhibition opening always features pirozhki.

This time, they showcased new works by the St. Petersburg artist Vitaly Pushnitsky, united by a common theme – burn marks on paper. The burnt sheets resemble graphic drawings executed in 3D: where the burn is imprinted on the paper, it becomes voluminous, as if swelling, and one can discern a window or even a door to the unknown.

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