Kuryokhin Center
The Kuryokhin Center, or more extended the Sergey Kuryokhin Center for Modern Art, is a non-profit cultural centre in Saint Petersburg, Russia.[1] The centre was founded in 2004 and named after the Russian avant garde composer Sergey Kuryokhin. The main space of the centre has a capacity of 2000 people.
About Kuryokhin Center [edit]
The Kuryokhin Center organises visual art exhibitions, art events and festivals. The Modern Art Center is an old cinema space. It hosts experimental music, film and art festivals (SKIF, Electro-mechanika Festival, Videoforma festival[2] and Ethno-mechanica Festival[3]) and a few other random events several times per year.
The centre is also the residency of the Sergey Kuryokhin Foundation that collects documentation about the composer.
SKIF and Electro-Mechanica [edit]
SKIF, Sergey Kuryokhin International Festival, is a yearly international festival of modern arts taking place since 1998.[4] Kuryokhin′s long-time partner cellist Boris Raiskin conceived the festival in New York City. SKIF-1 and SKIF-2 took place in New York in 1997 and 1998. In October 1998 SKIF-3 moved to Saint Petersburg, the city where Kuryokhin lived and worked.[5] From 2005 SKIF takes place in the Kuryokhin Modern Art Center in St.Petersburg, the current residence of the festival and Sergey Kuryokhin Foundation.
Electro-Mechanica is an annual festival since 2007 representing electronic audio-visual arts including music, animation, videos, films, installations and performances[6]
Many West-European experimental musical acts such as Psychic TV, The Ex, Pierre Bastien and Yuri Landman have performed at one of the festivals organised by the Kuryokhin Center.
Sources and References [edit]
- ^ http://thisislike.com/kurehin-international-contemporary-art-centre-area/about
- ^ http://www.satellietgroep.nl/badgast_air_sea/1
- ^ http://www.waytorussia.net/events/saint-petersburg/sergey-kuryokhin-modern-art-center/ethno-mechanica-festival.html
- ^ http://204.73.168.185/events/saint-petersburg/sergey-kuryokhin-modern-art-center/skif-15-international-festival-of-modern-arts-festival.html
- ^ http://www.last.fm/festival/1734121+SKIF-15+-+Sergey+Kuryokhin+International+Festival
- ^ http://thisislike.com/electro-mechanica-festival/about
