For Immediate Release: St Petersburg - A City with Multimedia Around Every Corner…

CYBERFEST, the annual exposition of technology-based artwork of international artists, comes to Russia for a fourth year.

EVENTS:

November 19
6:00 pm: Press Conference @ Art Hall POLIGRAF
7:00 pm: Festival’s Opening Ceremony @ Art Hall POLIGRAF

November 20
4:00 pm: Opening Reception @ PETER AND PAUL FORTRESS
4:00 pm: Performance: “LANDFILLES/DIS- (P) LAY WASTE”@ BOREY Gallery
6:00 pm: Opening Night @ BOREY Gallery

November 25
8:00pm: Concert: “Wind Rose 01” @ KURYOKHIN MODERN ART CENTER

EXHIBITION PROGRAM:

POLIGRAF Art Hall
CYBERFEST 2010's new large exhibition space houses over forty international interactive artworks and media installations as well as two video programs.
Dates: November 19 - 26, 2010
Hours: 5:00 - 9:00 pm
Address: Quay of River Karpovka, bldg. No. 1
Directions: 5 min from metro station Petrogradskaya. Across from the Botanic Garden.
Admission: Free

PETER AND PAUL FORTRESS
(Dungeon and Postern of the Gosudarev Bastion, State Museum of History of St. Petersburg)
A special program of audio video installations in one of the most mysterious historical locations in the city.
Dates: November 20 - 26, 2010
Hours: 11:00 am - 6:00 pm
Address: Peter and Paul Fortress
Directions: 10 min from metro station “Gorkovskaya”. (Through the park.)
Admission: Free

BOREY Gallery
An exhibition of artworks by renown media artists from 8 countries (USA, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, New Zealand, Italy, Poland) in the oldest gallery in St. Petersburg.
Dates: November 20 - 26, 2010
Hours: 12:00 - 8:00 pm
Address: 58, Liteyny Prospekt
Directions: Half a block off Nevsky Prospekt.
Admission: Free

KURYOKHIN MODERN ART CENTER
This premiere multimedia concert of international theremin star Lydia Kavina (UK) is based on the opera of the famous composer Iraida Yusupova. Time travels from digital to analog on mechanical machines and imagination. As well, those attending the concert will see the special video project “Jitney“ by Marina Alekseeva and Boris Kazakov.
Dates: Nov 25, 2010
Hours: 8:00pm -
Address: 93, Sredniy Pr. V.O.
Directions: 6 Tram / 28 -29 of the line
Admission: Free

EDUCATION PROGRAM:

STATE HERMITAGE MUSEUM
(Youth Education Center)
Dates / Hours: See Programming Below
Address: The State Hermitage Museum
Directions: Youth Center in the Winter Palace; left from the main lobby, up the staircase.
Admission: Free

November 21
3:30 pm
Video / Lecture: “Borders and Infinity”
Led by: Jan-Peter E.R. Sontag (Germany)
For those interested in media art, this lecture explores the age of high technologies. Through a computer and slideshow, Sonntag creates a dialogue that places listeners in an improvisation mode.

November 23
5:00 pm
Workshop: “Technique of Playing and Applications of Music of the 21st Century”
Led by: Lydia Kavina (UK)
For those interested in music, an international star talks about surprising aspects of Theremins - a mysterious, infinitely versatile and invariably current instrument invented by the brilliant Russian engineer Lev Termen.

November 24
5:00 pm
Workshop: “Second Life Odditorium”
Led by: Xpertina Marilu aka PinkPinkSorbet (Austria)
For those interested in web art, this workshop offers a tour of the virtual exhibition especially organized for Cyberfest 2010, discussion on how such projects are organized, and explores how one could participate in them.

November 26
3:30 pm
Workshop for Children: “Humanizing Robots”
Led by: Daniil Frants, a 12-year-old boy. (New York / St Petersburg)
For children from 9 to 12 years of age, this workshop teaches about working with technologies and communication skills. Participants will experiment with small toy robots: disassemble them, study their internal structure and revive them again.

GALLERY OF EXPERIMENTAL SOUND (GES)
Date / Hours: See Programming Below
Address: 10 Pushkinskaya.
Directions: Entrance from 53 Ligovskiy, second annex.
Admission: Free

November 21
7:00 pm
Lecture
Led by: Sergey Teterin (Perm, Russia)
This lecture explores the first heroes and gurus of electronic music demonstrated through fragments from the documentary OHM+, a film that contains over two hours of rare video recordings, interviews and documentation of performances dedicated to Robert Moog.

Festival Organizers:
Media Lab Cyland
St. Petersburg Branch of the National Center for Contemporary Art
Saint-Petersburg Arts Project

Festival Curators: Anna Frants, Marina Koldobskaya, Sofia Kudryavtseva, Sergey Teterin, Victoria Ilyushkina.