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February 6 — March 10, 2021
Audiovisual installation
Marina Gisich Gallery
St. Petersburg, emb. of the Fontanka River, 121
8 (800) 100-43-04

Curator: Dmitry Renansky.
The Project is technically supported by CYLAND MediaArtLab.

«The flesh of the installation is formed by a technique that visually creates the impression of mad technogenic bustle, the “demonic life”. The audio is an ecstatic “symphony of comfort”. Before us is an army battered by struggles with consumer greed.»
Vladimir Rannev

Marina Alekseeva has always been interested in the social structures of contemporary society, which the artist has explored through the prism of the physical and material environment of human habitation. A new joint project with Vladimir Rannev reflects back on a series of Alekseeva’s lightboxes from the 2000s that recreated miniature versions of the interiors of various religious buildings, from a cathedral to a mosque and an Orthodox church. The subject under examination in the total installation “The Whole Shebang” is the main temple of the modern human — their home, filled to the brim with devices and gadgets.

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January 29, 2021 – March 26, 2021
MARINA GISICH GALLERY
Russia, St. Petersburg, emb. of the Fontanka River, 121
The project technical support – CYLAND Media Art Lab

“Any war begins with the willingness to fight. And this willingness is cultivated using militaristic slogans, hateful propaganda, and manipulation of patriotic feelings. In this sense, every war begins with words, before any shots are fired. The audiovisual installation “Ready To Repeat” is our response to the rhetoric of hate that is spreading worldwide, especially in political circles – and that we are strongly against.” (V. Rannev, M. Alekseeva)

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The artists of the CYLAND MediaArtLab will take part in the Christmas festival of contemporary art in Vyborg ‘What’s going on at the baby carriage factory?’

When: December 26, 2020 — January 10, 2021
Where: 5 naberezhnaya sorokaletiya VLKSM, Vyborg, Russia
Opening: December 26, 2020 at 7pm
Curators: Philipp Avetisov, Julia Rybakova
The festival is organized with the support of CYLAND MediaArtLab.

The exhibition will feature works from the collections of the Museum of Nonconformist Art, Art-League Gallery, Polkovnik Gallery (Yuri Nikiforov) and the private collection of the Frants family, including objects by Alexander Terebenin, Peter Bely, Alexander Shishkin-Hokusai, Anna Frants, Elena Gubanova, Ivan Govorkov and many others.

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Highlights from Cyland video archive
August 14, 6pm
Curated by Victoria Ilyushkina

GROUND Solyanka, Moscow, Russia
https://solyanka.org/landscapes3

In “Changing Landscapes 3”, twelve films/video works selected from CYLAND’s Video Archive create together a genuine, introspective look at contemporary Russian New Media. These videos / films by active Eastern European artists offer personal perspectives into the continuum of their native country’s past, present and future. Pieces by established, recognized artists Boris Kazakov, Yuri Vasiliev and Ludmila Belova, Marina Alexeeva, Dimitri Lurie are joined by early works by Maxim Svishev, Masha Sha, Anton Khlabov and the “Upward!” community – each embodying artistic development within the age of digital technology in Russia.

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ARE PROUD TO PRESENT:

International Festival of Media Art
Saint-Petersburg, Russia
13—24.11.2019

CYFEST is an exceptional international project which promotes national media art abroad, and international art in Russia. In 2019, the festival projects were presented at the leading cultural institutions in New York, Rome, Venice and Moscow. CYFEST 12 will be held in Saint Petersburg from 13th to 24th November 2019.

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