International festival of media art "Cyberfest-13"

Borey Gallery
November 16 - 23, 2021
within the framework of the International Media Art Festival CYBERFEST-13

AUDINT members (UK), Daniil Kaminker (USA – Russia), Rebecca Merlik (Austria), Reggy Timmermans & Beatrijs Albers (Belgium), Various Artists & George Van Dam (Belgium)

Curators
Anna Frants (Russia – USA), Elena Gubanova (Russia), Alexandra Dementyeva (Belgium), Isabella Indolfi (Italy)

short info

What: International Festival of Media Art "Cyberfest-13"

Where: 6 venues - SPGHPA named after A.L. Stieglitz, Annenkirche, the Youth Educational Center of the State Hermitage, the gallery of the ITMO University - AIR (Art.ITMO.Residency), the gallery of Pyotr Bely "Luda" and the art center "Borey".
When: November 11-29, 2021
Theme: Space and Chaos
Participants: more than 70 artists from 17 countries of the world

CYLAND Media Laboratory presents the Cyberfest-13 International Media Art Festival (November 11-29, 2021).

Cyberfest is one of the largest media art festivals in Eastern Europe, founded in 2007 by a group of independent artists and curators in St. Petersburg. The main tasks of the festival throughout its history are the study of the interaction of the new artistic language with the traditional one and the presentation of technological achievements through art. Cyberfest brings together representatives of the art world, programmers, engineers and media theorists from all over the world, expands the territory and possibilities of contemporary art, intertwining it with various areas of science and technology.

Cyberfest includes several exhibition projects, sound art and video art programs, as well as a series of discussions and meetings with artists.

The festival is a laureate of the 2018 Sergey Kuryokhin Prize in the category "Best Festival in the Field of Contemporary Art".

Cyberfest is a unique international project that popularizes domestic media art abroad and international media art in Russia. His exhibitions, performances, concerts, video screenings and other events are held not only in St. Petersburg, but also in other cities around the world: London, New York, Moscow, Rome, Berlin, Vilnius, Tokyo, Bogota, Venice.

St. Petersburg Cyberfest uses both classical and experimental urban art spaces, including: St. Petersburg State Academy of Art and Industry named after A.L.Stieglitz, Youth Educational Center of the State Hermitage, Annenkirche, ITMO University Gallery - AIR (Art. ITMO. Residency), gallery of Petr Bely "Luda" and art center "Borey".

The theme of the festival in 2021 is Space and Chaos.

“Every style in art sought to generate its own cosmos - an aesthetic structure and formal solution. But what happens when the aesthetic, the formal loses its meaning in defining what art is? Abyss gives birth to abyss? What can be born of the "abyss" of information? Or will soon the new technologies completely absorb the aesthetic - and our old space of meanings will be completely uninteresting to the new generation of artists? " - Elena Gubanova, artist, curator

More than 70 participants from 17 countries of the world will take part in the 13th Cyberfest. Among them - artist, curator, Documenta participant of the 13th and 56th Venice Biennials, founder and editor-in-chief of e-flux magazine Anton Vidokl, art group, pioneers of the Russian science art "Where Do Dogs Run", sound artist, Ph.D. musical instrument designer Boris Shershenkov, Austrian artist, participant of the Ars Elektronika festival Rebecca Merlik, member of the AUDINT team, professor and head of the research department at the School of Digital Arts, University of Manchester Toby Hayes, Italian interdisciplinary artist Emilio Vavarella, experimental musician from New York, ex - curator of Harvestworks Hans Tammen and others.

The festival will also be attended by students from the St. Petersburg State Academy of Industry and Design named after A. L. Stieglitz, the Master’s program Art & Science of ITMO University and the PRO ARTE School for Young Artists. Their projects will be shown at the Stieglitz SPGHPA, Annenkirche and Art. ITMO. Residency.

Festival curators: Anna Frants (Russia-USA), Elena Gubanova (Russia), Lydia Gryaznova (Russia-Estonia), Sofia Kudryavtseva (Russia), Victoria Ilyushkina (Russia), Sergey Komarov (Russia), Varvara Egorova (Russia), Christian Kazaku (Greece-Great Britain), Isabella Indolfi (Italy), Caroline Tampere (Norway), Daniela Simbida (USA), Patricia Olinik (USA – Canada), Nina Cegledi (Canada), Jerome Nivet-Karzon (France).