Tag: Borey Art Center

December 20 – 27, 2011
Video Installations
Borey Art Center
St. Petersburg, Liteyny Prospekt 58

HOIST, 2001
Anna Frants / Cyland Media Lab
New York and Saint Petersburg

Americans use the word “elevator” for a device that Russians and English call a “lift”. But whatever it’s called, essentially it’s a lifting device – something that lifts us off the ground, and like the mythological Antaeus, we temporarily lose our strength when detached from the ground. In this installation, a video projector, screeching along a rail and projecting the video of an elevator shaft on the wall, reminds us of this anxiety. However, we see slides that a pair of old Kodak projectors display at our feet level, and these impressions firmly keep us grounded.

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December 29 – January 2, 2010
Video and Audio Installations
In the gallery halls

Anna Frants is a multimedia artist living in New York. Born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, she graduated from the Mukhina Academy of Arts in 1989, receiving a solid classical education. She then expanded her range of interests by mastering new areas such as computer imaging and animation. Continue reading “Anna Frants’ Visionary Dreams #3245-3352”

December 23 – January 3, 2009
«VISIONARY DREAMS #3245-3351»
Video Installations In the gallery halls

Anna Frants is a multimedia artist living in New York. She was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, where she graduated from the Mukhina Academy of Arts in 1989, receiving a solid classical education. She then expanded her range of interests by mastering new areas such as computer imaging and animation. Continue reading “Anna Frants. «VISIONARY DREAMS #3245-3351»”

December 18 – 29, 2007
4 Video Installations in the gallery halls

Fish talk or “mute as a fish”
Cyber Installation
Fresh fish, video projection, the global internet network

Drawing from pop art traditions with the idea of “returning to reality”, Fish talk combines the unified style of anime with the realism of Snyders’ still lifes, while allowing its silent heroes to speak, borrowing information from internet blogs in real-time.

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December 19 – 30, 2006
«VISIONARY DREAMS #2391-95»
video installation/cyber installation
in the gallery halls

Anna Frants is a multimedia artist living in New York. She was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia. In 1989, she graduated from the Leningrad Higher School of Industrial Arts named after V.I. Mukhina (now Saint Petersburg Academy of Design), receiving a classical education. Later, mastering new fields (computer graphics and animation), she expanded her creative interests.
Anna’s works have been recognized with awards in prestigious competitions. She received a prize for her three-dimensional computer animation “Angel” at the Autodesk Planet Studio Award. Her short computer animated film “Angel” also participated in the competitive program of the SouthSide Film Festival (Pennsylvania, 2006) and in the New York festival “Red Shift” in 2004. Her works can be found in the Museum of Contemporary Art KyoseinoSato (Japan) and in private collections. Continue reading “Anna Frants. «Visionary dreams #2391-95»”