The 9th CYFEST (formerly “CYBERFEST”), 2015-2016
Patterns of the Mind
Bogota – Berlin – St. Petersburg – New York – London – Moscow
“Patterns of the Mind” Curatorial Statement
Bogota
October 29—November 2, 2015
Venue: SOFA (Salon Leisure and Fantasy), Corferias (Centro Internacional de Negocios y Exposiciones de Bogotá)
Video program: Eden Mitsenmacher (Israel), Jeroen van Loon (Netherlands), Nelmarie du Preez (South Africa), Egor Kraft (Russia), Blanca Rego (Spain), Michael Wirthig (Austria), Veronika Reichl (USA, Germany), Luigia Cardarelli (Italy), Felice Hapetzeder (Sweden), Sylvia Winkler (Austria) and Stephan Koeperl (Germany), Martina Menegon (Italy), Nicholas Steindorf (USA), Francesc Marti (Spain), claRa apaRicio yoldi (Spain), Anthony Stephenson (USA), Oleg Elagin (Russia), Myriam Thyes (Switzerland, Germany), Lei Lei (China), Sebastián Mira (Columbia), Jeroen Cluсkers (Belgium), Michael Beitz (USA)
Curated by Victoria Ilyushkina (read curatorial statement)
Berlin
October 16—November 6, 2015
Venues: Kino Babylon, Urban Spree, English Theatre Berlin | International Performing Arts Center
Artwork by Alexandra Dementieva (RU), Elena Gubanova & Ivan Govorkov (RU), Anna Frants (RU, US), Marie von Heyl (DE), Gergor Kuschmirz (DE), Gaspar Battha (DE)
Curated by Anna Frants
Photography Galya Kovalyova
St. Petersburg
November 25—December 2, 2015
Venues: Youth Educational Center of the State Hermitage, Taiga
Artwork by Nicola Rae (UK), Anna Frants (RU, US), Sven Pahlsson, Carla Gannis (US), Sandrine Deumier & Philippe Lamy (FR), Ant Dickinson (UK), Lei Lei (CN)
Curated by Anna Frants and Elena Gubanova
Educational Program
“Electric Universe” workshop conducted by Paul Malone (UK)
“Future Votives of Lesser Gods” workshop by Carla Gannis and Peter Patchen (US, Pratt Institute)
Performance “Subjectivization of Sound”
Artists: Alexey Grachev and Sergey Komarov (CYLAND MediaArtLab)
New York
February 6—March 3, 2016
Venues: the Rubelle and Norman Schafler Gallery, Pratt Institute Brooklyn Campus
Artwork by Justin Berry (US), Peter Belyi (RU), Svjetlana Bukvich (US), Alexandra Dementieva (BE), Marianna Ellenberg (US), Carla Gannis (US), Elena Gubanova and Ivan Govorkov (RU), Pavel Ivanov (RU), Peter Patchen (US), Vitaly Pushnitsky (RU), Alexander Terebenin (RU), Alyona Tereshko (RU), The Window / Romanian Project (US), Bryan Zanisnik (RU), Alexey Grachev and Sergey Komarov (RU)
Curated by Anna Frants (read curatorial statement)
Panel Discussions
“Digital Tribalism in Contemporary Art”
Moderator: Anna Frants (Artist and Curator)
Panelists: Alexandra Dementieva (Artist), Carla Gannis (Artist and Assistant Chair, Dept of Digital Arts / Pratt Institute), Natasha Kurchanova (Art Historian / Eastern European Art Critics Society), Lev Manovich (Professor / CUNY Graduate Center), Peter Patchen (Artist and Chair, Dept of Digital Arts / Pratt Institute)
“Infrastructural Aesthetics”
Moderator: Tyler Coburn (Artist and Assistant Professor, Dept of Photography / Pratt Institute)
Panelists: Ian Hatcher (Poet), Shannon Mattern (Associate Professor of Media Studies / The New School), Nicole Starosielski (Assistant Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication / NYU), Lance Wakeling (Filmmaker)
“Redefining Women in Technology:Tools, Agency, and Representation”
Moderator: Faith Holland
Panelists: Seung Min Lee (artist), Mendi Obadike (artist and Assistant Professor, Dept of Media Studies / Pratt Institute), Martha Wilson (artist and Director / Franklin Furnace, Associate Professor / Pratt Institute)
Performance “Subjectvization of Sound”
Artists: Alexey Grachev and Sergey Komarov (CYLAND MediaArtLab)
Photography by Chris Bentley
London
March 10—March 20, 2016, part of Convergence 2016
Venue: Village Underground, Bear Gallery
Artwork by Elena Gubanova and Ivan Govorkov, Alexandra Dementieva, and Anna Frants
Curated by Anna Frants
Performance “Subjectvization of Sound”
Artists: Alexey Grachev and Sergey Komarov (CYLAND MediaArtLab)
Moscow
June 15—July 31, 2016
Venue: Ground Khodynka
Artwork by Alexander Terebenin and Alexander Shishkin-Hokusai
Curated by Alexander Terebenin and Alexander Shishkin-Hokusai
Performance “Subjectvization of Sound”
Artists: Alexey Grachev and Sergey Komarov (CYLAND MediaArtLab)
