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.
Multimedia interactive installation, 2022
Minecraft; computer, monitor, headphones; internet connection; table, chairs
Implemented with the support Garage program on emerging technologies and median art and research “GARAGE.DIGITAL”
Date: 3-18.09, 2023
Venue: ICA Meeting Room
Net-based multi screen installation, 2023
Marc Lee in collaboration with TikTok Users form Armenia
Date: 3-18.09, 2023
Venue: ICA Gallery
O, Collecting Eggs Despite the Times
Duration: 80 min., 2022
Date: 3-18.09, 2023
Venue: Large Auditorium
Curator: Victoria Ilyushkina
Date: 5.09.2023, 19:00, 7.09.2023, 19:00
Venue: ICA Garden (open-air)
Free admission
A Joint LASER: LASER New York and LASER CYLAND
Date: 01.09. 2023, 20:00
Duration: 60 min
Location: Institute for Contemporary Art (I.C.A. Yerevan)
Speakers: Ellen K. Levy, Patricia Olynyk, Sargis Hovhannisyan
Moderator: Natalia Kolodzei
Language of presentation: English
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Marc Lee
Workshop: Imagining a Future where AI Controls our Ecosystem
Date: 3.09.2023, 15:00
Location: Institute for Contemporary Art (I.C.A. Yerevan)
Duration: 90 min
Language of presentation: English
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Alan Boldon
Vulnerability in art, education and change-making
Date: 4.09.2023, 16:00
Duration: 45 min
Location: Institute for Contemporary Art (I.C.A. Yerevan)
Language of presentation: English
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Mascha Danzis
The Motherboard, digital motherhood and other close relationships
Date 7.09.2023, 18:00
Duration: 45 min
Location: Institute for Contemporary Art (I.C.A. Yerevan)
Language of presentation: Russian
Please, see the details of the lectures at ICA and other venues at www.cyfest.art/15-learning
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PROGRAM BY VENUES
HayArt Cultural Center program / Sound + Performances + Lectures
https://www.cyfest.art/15-hayart-cultural-center
Yerevan Botanical Garden program / Sound + Performances
https://www.cyfest.art/15-yerevan-botanical-garden
Institute for Contemporary Art program / Video Program + Lectures
https://www.cyfest.art/15-ica