Media Art Festival CYFEST-15. Vulnerability

CYFEST International Media Festival will take place in Yerevan from 2nd to 18th of September. ICA along with HayArt Cultural Center and Yerevan Botanical garden will host some of the exciting events of the festival program.
CYFEST-15 in Yerevan is dedicated to (anti)fragility of human and non-human body, biological, social and cyberspaces, stories and scenarios of the future as well as confrontations and relationships with the world in a state of transition.The festival's participants will count over 60 authors from 15 countries: Armenia, Belgium, Great Britain, Hungary, Spain, Italy, Columbia, Mexico, Netherlands, Russia, U.S.A., Finland, France, Switzerland, and Japan. Among them are the artist, one of two authors showcased in the first national pavilion of Armenia at Venice Biennale in 1995 Samvel Baghdasaryan (1956-2017); An early champion of electronic techniques, the acclaimed multidisciplinary artist who redefines the boundaries between the arts and sciences Fabrizio Plessi; artist, stage designer and participant of the 53rd Venice Biennale Irina Korina; Hungarian experimental duo that works with hyperphysical interfaces, programmable materials, and augmented textiles EJTECH; Finnish multimedia artist and researcher of visuality Tuula Närhinen; Swiss artist that creates network-oriented interactive projects Marc Lee; artist, photographer and author of the project Last Whispers that was co-presented by UNESCO and The Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger Lena Herzog and many others.