National Center for Contemporary Art (St.Petersburg Branch)

invites you to the First Cyber Art festival

CYBERFEST 2007

25 October - 11 November 2007

Cyberfest 2007 is a new cyber art festival in Peter And Paul Fortress in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Cyberfest is organized by National Center for Contemporary Art (Saint-Petersburg) and St. Petersburg Arts Project (New York)

Dates: 25 October - 11 November 2007.

Location: Exhibition hall and Lectorium at Johann Ravelin, Peter And Paul Fortress, Saint Petersburg

Opening: Cyberfest 2007 will open on 25 October, 4 pm, at the Exhibition hall at Johann Ravelin, Peter And Paul Fortress, Saint-Petersburg

Getting there: metro station Gorkovskaya, 10 minutes walk through the park

Contacts: phone +7 812 7177967, phone/fax +7 812 4319905, email: art@ncca-spb.ru

Directors of the festival: Marina Koldobskaya (Director of NCCA St.Petersburg), Anna Frants (Director of St.Petersburg Arts Projects)

All news and reports from the opening will be broadcasted in the official weblog of the Cyland Media Lab: http://community.livejournal.com/cyland_ru/

THE FESTIVAL PROGRAMME:

* SPEEDLESS, cyber happening

By Anna Frants (USA) and Cyland Media Lab

Exhibition hall at Johann Ravelin, 25 October 2007

* Cyland Media Lab, presentation of website

Lectorium at Johann Ravelin, 25 Ocotber 2007, 4 pm.

* ART, TECHNOLOGY AND COLLABORATION: THE STORY OF E.A.T.

The history of the foundation “Experiments in Art and Technology”, and the collaborations between artists, engineers and scientists from 1960 to 2000, (USA). Lecture by Julie Martin (USA).

Lectorium at Johann Ravelin, 26 October 2007, 4 pm.

* STORY OF E.A.T. by Billy Kluver 1960-2000s - exhibition

Prepared by Billy Kluver, this history of E.A.T. includes photos by Rudy Burckhardt, David Gahr, Peter Moore, Harry Shunk (USA).

Exhibition hall at Johann Ravelin, 25 October 2007 - 11 November 2007

* SILVER CLOUDS, installation

Andy Warhol (USA).

Exhibition hall at Johann Ravelin, 25 October 2007 – 11 November 2007

* OPEN SCORE, video screening

Video documenting the performance by Robert Raushenberg (USA). Produced by Billy Klüver and Julie Martin for E.A.T. and directed by Barbro Schultz Lundestam. Titles and sound were created by Robert Rauschenberg.

Exhibition hall at Johann Ravelin, 26 October 2007 – 11 November 2007