01.
INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNITY
CYFEST is an international media art festival. Since its inception in 2007, CYFEST’s main concerns have been to examine the dialogue between various visual languages and technology cultures, and thus to explore a way of commoning with both art professionals and scientific communities. As a decentralized global network CYFEST unites artists, curators, educators, engineers, programmers, and media activists all over the world, and creates a platform for mapping, mediation, and documentation of new media art on different regional and international levels. Each year, the festival program includes several exhibition projects, sound art, video and educational programs.
02.
NOMADIC
CULTURAL EVENT
CYFEST is a nomadic cultural event. Since 2013, its exhibitions, concerts, performances, video screenings, lectures, and master classes have been held all over the world: in the U.S.A. (New York, San Francisco, Miami, Minneapolis, Arizona, and Alaska), Armenia (Yerevan), Belgium (Brussels), Brazil (São Paulo), Great Britain (London, Dartington), Germany (Berlin), Spain (Barcelona), Italy (Venice, Caserta), Columbia (Bogota, Manizales), Finland (Helsinki), France (Paris), South Korea (Gwangju) and Japan (Fukuoka).
03.
EST.
2007
The first CYFEST constituted a small program of events. The festival exposition opened with Andy Warhol's installation Silver Clouds contributed by the artist's museum in Pittsburg (U.S.A.). The festival has also been memorable by the exhibition History of the E.A.T. 1960–2000, dedicated to the lab Experiments in Art and Technology of engineers Billy Klüver and Fred Waldhauer and artists Robert Rauschenberg and Robert Whitman. In subsequent years, CYFEST has consistently expanded, becoming more comprehensive and complex.
04.
ARTISTIC & CURATORIAL FORUM
From 2007 to 2026, over 350 artists and collectives participated in it. Among them are the pioneers of electronic music, some of the more influential experimental musicians in U.S. history: David Rosenboom, Phill Niblock, and Al Margolis; Austrian post-conceptual artist, curator and theoretician of media art, director of Z.K.M. Center for Art and Media in Karlsruhe Peter Weibel; artist, founder, and editor-in-chief of e-flux journal Anton Vidokle; innovative video artist Bjørn Melhus; conceptual artist and author of the first total installations Irina Nakhova and others. The festival projects in Venice and New York in 2019-2024, organized in collaboration with Kolodzei Art Foundation, united works of contemporary artists with creations of the XX century classics: Erik Bulatov, Ilya Kabakov, Mihail Chemiakin, Ernst Neizvestny, Francisco Arana Infante, Valentina Povarova, Lydia Masterkova, Komar and Melamid, Faith Ringgold, Chakaia Booker, and others.
05.
LEARNING & PUBLISHING PLATFORM
Since 2020, CYFEST has collaborated with the International Society for the Arts, Sciences, and Technology Leonardo, contributed to the Leonardo Journal and organized LASER Talks. The last issue of Leonardo, put out by the M.I.T. Press, contains texts of the world-renowned French artist whose work enacts the most significant biotechnological and trans-personal metamorphosis in the history of art ORLAN and the internationally recognized multi-disciplinary collective of artists, designers, and writers Slavs and Tatars.
A—B
2018
2017
2018
Vasileios Agiomyrgianakis & Haruka Hirayama & the duo hakosalo_tuohino (Jussi Tuohino, Osmo Hakosalo)
2025
2013
Andrea Acosta
2011
2024
2018
2021
Larisa Aleksandrova
2012
2023, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2014, 2011, 2010
Galina Alferova &
Semyon Koltsov
2021
2011
Edgar Amroyan
2024, 2023
2021, 2019
Dafin Antoniadou, Andrey Smirnov
2025
2021
2024
2018
Maria Arendt
2024
2011
2017
2024, 2023
Asymmetric Answer
Group
2009
2024
2018
Babi Avelino &
Ronald Dagonnier
2023
Milena Avetisyan
2023
Avrorin-Galkina-
Dmitirev-Lis
2018
2019
Samvel Baghdasaryan
2024, 2023
Vasilii Bakanov
2022, 2021
2018
Sonia Balassanian
2022
Phyllis Baldino
2021
2021, 2019
2019, 2012, 2009
2021
2019
Alena Begova
2022
Georgi Begun
2010
Jim Bell
2010
2019
2025–2010
2024
2019–2013
2023, 2019
2021
Maurice Benayoun
2018
2016
Nadezhda Bey
2023
2024
Bioroboty 019
2019
2019
2025–2023
Alexander Shaburov,
Vyachslav Mizin
2011
2014
Alexander Bochkov
2025—2021
2024, 2023, 2019, 2018
2024
2013
2022, 2018
2011
2025, 2018, 2017
2016
2018, 2017, 2011
2018
2018
2014, 2013
C—D
Andres Castaño
2017
2018
ceph
2025
2018
Yen-Cheng Chen
2024
2024
2021
Maurizio Chiantone
2018
2016
2024
2011
2013, 2011, 2010, 2009
Costantino Ciervo
2010
Classwargames Group
2008
2024
2018
2018
2021
Mikhail Crest (ArXeNeKrOHeN)
2018, 2010, 2009
2023
2018
Deftaudio, Creative Workshop
2010
2018
2017
2013
2024
2023, 2019
2014
2011
2011
2025–2009
Elena Demi-dova
2022
Andrew Demirjian
2010
2018
Sergey Denisov
2010
2019, 2015
2019
2015
Sergey Dmitriev
2023
2021
Maria F. Dolores, Paula Pin (Transnoise)
2025
2021
2009
2009
Marija Djorjevic
2011
Leta & Vladislav Dobrovolsky
2017, 2015, 2014
Alexander Dolgin
2011
2014
Laure Drogoul
2010
Jean Dubois & Chloe Lefebvre
2011
Sandra Dukic
2011
Eva Duru, Anthy Kyrkou
2025
2018
DVENEODNA
2019
2024, 2023, 2019
E—H
Nick Edwards
2013
2012
2023
Oleg Elagin
2017, 2016, 2010
2016
2019
2019
2012
Anna Evtiugina
2019
2012
Pablo Fernandez
2013
2024, 2021
2023
Anastasia Fiori Metallinou, Tilemachos Moussas
2025
2021
2022
2011
2021, 2020
2025–2007
2018–2010
2018
2018
2022, 2018
2019, 2017, 2016, 2015
Yulia Garbuzova
2011
Alexandra Garkusha
2022
2024
2013
2024
2018
2011
2017
2013
Masha Godovannaya
2019
2019
2025–2010
2017
2018
Jolanta Gora-Wita
2010, 2009
Nadya Gorokhova
2016
Alexey Grachev
2025–2013
2024
Jerome Gras
2011
2023, 2022
2024
Styopa Grigoryan
2024, 2023
2022
2017
Lidiia Griaznova
2025–2024
2018
Group Modus
2009
2014, 2013
Margot Guillemot & Chiehsen Chiu
2024
2023
2019
2018
2017
2021
2021
2014
2021
2023
2024
Bianca Hisse Silva
2019
2021
2017
2018
2019
2024
Sargis Hovhannisyan
2023
Di Hu
2019
2024
I—K
2022, 2019
Artem Ignatiev
2011
Pavel Ignatiev
2022, 2019
Maxim Ilyukhin
2011
2025–2012
lololol (Xia Lin & Sheryl Cheung)
2024
2023
Anna Ivonina
2023
2025–2024
2024
2016
2024
Vassily K.
2019
2024
Sergey Kalabin
2019
Sergei Karlov
2019
Maxim Kalmykov
2022
Kamennoe More Band
2011
Chatschatur Kanajan
2017
2021
2017, 2016
Sergey Karlov
2019, 2018
2021
2022
2022
2018
2022
2022, 2017
Lydia Kavina
2010
2017, 2008
Boris Kazakov
2022, 2017, 2011, 2010
2012
2021
2025–2024
2024
2025–2024
Grigory Kirgizov
2021
Vladimir Kitlyar
2011, 2010
Ivan Khimin
2017
2025
Dasha Khlapova
2011
Sergey Kishchenko
2023
2017
Mario Klingemann
2019
Billy Kluver
2007
KMPST
2019
2014–2007
Sergey Komarov
2025–2009
2022
Evgenia Konovalova
2010
2024, 2023
2023, 2021
2025, 2017, 2016
Valery Koshlyakov
2025
Sergey Kostyrko
2018, 2016
Sergey Kotsun
2009, 2008
2014, 2010
2018, 2017, 2016
Matthaus Krzykowski
2013
2021
Antti Kukkonen
2022
Natasha Kurchanova
2016
2017—2012
Maria Kuptsova
2023
Kymatic Ensemble
2019
2018
L—M
Jiun-Ting Lai
2024
2015
2021
2021
2017
2023, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017
2011
Anne-Sarah Le Meur & Kumiko Omura
2021
Peter Lederer
2014
2023
2024
2015
2019, 2021
Alexander Letsius
2017
2023, 2021
2024, 2022, 2019, 2017, 2011, 2010
2008
Wu Ziwei
2021
2013
2025
2023
2018
2025–2023, 2021, 2019, 2012
2017
2018
2023
Tigran Martirosyan
2023
2019
2019
2025, 2023
2019
Emily McFarland
2017
2016
2024, 2022
2025, 2013
2012
Anastasia Maksimova
2011, 2010, 2009
2024, 2016, 2009
Oleg Malenok
2022
2017, 2010
Greg Marshall
2018
Julia Martin
2009, 2007
2017
Tigran Martirosyan
2023, 2024
2025—2024
Taras Mashtalir
2012
Floran Matei
2011
Konstantin Matulevsky
2011
2021
Andranik Meliksetyan
2025
2019
2018
Villy Melnikov
2011
2021
Chris Mgassa
2017
2017
Paola Michaels
2017
Denis Mikhailov
2011
2011
2016
2022
2018
2017, 2016
2025
2019
2023
2017
2017, 2013, 2012
2011
2025–2024
Alban Muja
2011
Mikhail Myasoedov
2017
N—P
2025–2023
2017
2017
2024, 2022, 2019, 2017, 2011, 2010
2024, 2023, 2017
2012
2010
2023, 2021, 2019
Ivan Onoprienko
2012
OSOL Art Collective
2009
Alexander Ovsyannikov
2009
2015
Vito Palumbo, Niki Lada, Francesco Abbrescia
2025
Carol Parkinson
2009
Brose Partington
2008
2016, 2015
2021
2023, 2018, 2012
2021
2025
Jonathan Phanhsay-Chamson
2021
2023, 2018, 2017
Pink Twins
2012
Pinkpink Sorbet
Xpertina Marilu
2010
Katerina Pits
2017
2021, 2012
2025–2023, 2017
2011
Zlata Ponirovskaya
2008
2011
2015
2013
Antonina Pozdnyakova
2017, 2016
Alexander&Inna Pozin
2010
Natalia Prikhodko
2011
Danilo Prnjat
2011
Nikita Prudnikov &
Yulia Glukhova
2023
2023
2024, 2019
2019
2021
2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013
Purpurniy Dyadya
2025
R
2015
2019
Christian Rainer
2019
2019
Nazar Rakhmanov
2017
Eduard Rakhmanov
2017
2018
Vladimir Rannev
2020–2017
2018
2019
Reynold Reynolds
2010
2022
2021
2017
Lidiya Rikker
2022
Tieri Riviere
2011
2018, 2012
2019
2018
2016
Veronika Rudyeva-Ryazantseva
2017
2018
Anastasia Rusakova
2019
S
(Sam Saga)
2023
Ilya Sadovsky
2017—2012
2022
2018
2025–2024, 2022, 2021, 2015, 2012
2022, 2021
2021
2019
2018
2022, 2017
Satyarth Mishra Sharma & Robert Poghosyan
2024
2021, 2019, 2018
2024, 2009
2019–2015
Dmitriy Shishov
2025–2024
2019
2024
2019
2017, 2016, 2010–2008
Olga Shustrova
2012
2015, 2014, 2013
2011
2011
2023, 2019, 2017
2021
2021
2014
Elena Slobtseva
2017
2018
2025–2024
Jan-Peter E.R. Sonntag
2010
2019, 2018
stackedplot
2025–2024
Laura Stayton &
2021
2021, 2018
Vasily Stepanov
2017, 2013
2024
David St-Onge
2011
Andrew Strokov
2022, 2021
2019, 2018
Ekaterina Sysoeva
2019
Maxim Svishёv (YOmoYO)
2018, 2011
T—W
2024, 2021, 2013, 2009
Ya-Lun Tao
2024
TELLUS, the Audio Cassette Magazine
2024
2025, 2020–2013
2021, 2019, 2016
Alena Tereshko,
Valentina Lutsenko &
Vadim Yelichev
2021
2015, 2013, 2010, 2009
2017, 2012, 2009
2017
2025
2024
2017
Taguhi Torosyan
2023
Toys Market
2011
2021, 2018
2025
Rebecca Tritschler
2018
2009
2019, 2017
2018
2014, 2013
2018
2023
Ruslan Usipov
2018
Andrey Ustinov
2010
2024
2025
Various Artists &
George Van Dam
2021
2018
2014
2021
2018
Fernando Velazquez
2012
2012
2018
2025–2024
2021
2021
Monica Vlad
2018
Leban-Kelindienst
2011
Lidiya Vitkovskaya
2012, 2011
2013, 2011
2023
2024, 2023, 2021, 2018, 2017, 2011
The Window /
Romanian Project
2016
Ryan Wolfe
2017, 2013, 2010, 2008
Magnus Wurzer &
Chris Veigl
2008
X—Z
Shih-lien Yen
2018
2012
Jiayi Young &
Shih-Wen Young
2009
Iraida Yusupova
2011
Gregoire Zabe
2010
2017
2019
2017
2016
2017
Alexandr Zaytsev
2014
2013
2021
Sasha Zhitinskaya
2010
2017
2025–2024
2023
φø
2025