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. The venue is located in an old cinema building.
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.
SKIF and Electro-Mechanica
[edit]The Sergey Kuryokhin International Festival (SKIF) is an annual international festival of modern music and arts that has taken 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]
Electro-Mechanica is an annual festival since 2007 representing electronic audio-visual arts including music, animation, videos, films, installations and performances[6]
See also
[edit]Sources and references
[edit]- ^ "Kurehin International Contemporary Art Centre Venue In Saint-petersburg, Russia - ThisIsLike.com". thisislike.com. Archived from the original on 2010-06-10.
- ^ "Satellietgroep - Badgast - Air @ Sea".
- ^ "Ethno-mechanica Festival | waytorussia.net page". Archived from the original on 2011-10-18. Retrieved 2012-01-20.
- ^ "SKIF XX". Kuryokhin Center. Archived from the original on 2020-11-13. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
- ^ "SKIF-15 at Центр современного искусства (Saint Petersburg) on 13 May 2011".
- ^ "ELECTRO-MECHANICA Festival In Saint-petersburg, Russia - ThisIsLike.com". thisislike.com. Archived from the original on 2015-02-09.
External links
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Media related to Sergey Kuryokhin Center at Wikimedia Commons- www.kuryokhin.net
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