• Date
      May 25, 2023

      Vasilii Bakanov


      Russia

      ‌Multimedia artist, R&D specialist and chef. He was born in 1987 in Kaluga (USSR). Graduated from the Moscow State Technical University of Automobiles and Road Construction (MADI, Russia). Hardware engineer at CYLAND Media Art Lab. As a chef he participated in the semifinal of S.Pellegrino Young Chef 2018 (Moscow, Russia), and as an artist at festivals such as Theatrum: Re-Formation (2020, Moscow, Russia) and CYFEST-14 : Ferment (2021, Dartington, UK).

      CYFEST
    • Date
      May 25, 2023

      Andrew Strokov


      Russia

      ‌Engineer, programmer, multimedia artist. He was born in 1991 in the Omsk region (USSR). He graduated from Omsk State University Faculty of Physics (Russia) and Master's degree from St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University "LETI" (Russia). He has worked on the development of electronic and biomedical devices and systems for the Internet of Things.

      CYFEST
    • Date
      May 25, 2023

      ugo arsac


      France

      ‌Ugo's artistic approach is halfway between anthropology, research and documentary film. Associating the urban and the human, mythology and anthropology, Ugo produces films, installations, immersive experiences and graphic works. Ugo lives in Marseille (France). During 2023, he will do a residency at the Villa Albertine in New York for a new digital creation, at the Villa Saint-Louis Ndar in Senegal and at the IX Jeux de la Francophonie in Kinshasa (DRC).


    • Date
      May 25, 2023

      Patricia Dominguez Claro


      Chile

      ‌Bringing together experimental research on ethnobotany, healing practices, and territorial and emotional extractivism, her work focuses on tracing digital and spiritual relationships between living species in an increasingly corporate cosmos.


    • Date
      May 25, 2023

      AOO (art orient object)


      France

      ‌Marion Laval-Jeantet is an artist, cross-cultural psychiatrist and assistant professor at Paris 1 University (Panthéon-Sorbonne), directs the Art Mondiality and Environment program (UMR Acte – CNRS) and has postgraduate degrees in Art (University Paris 1), Biology, Anthropology and Clinical Psychology (University Paris 8 and 10). She has exhibited her artistic work with Benoit Mangin since 1991 under the pseudonym AOO (Art Object Oriented), while she continues her research work in aesthetics, bioanthropology, and transcultural psychiatry (she has been initiated into different shamanistic rituals).


    • Date
      May 25, 2023

      Jonathan Monaghan


      United States

      ‌Contemporary artist whose practice explores the transformative effects of technology and consumer culture on our perceptions of reality. His multidisciplinary works combine ancient mythologies, commercial architecture and corporate logos to create a surreal and mythical world that blurs the lines between the natural and the artificial.


    • Date
      May 25, 2023

      Anne Horel


      France

      ‌She is a digital artist specializing in creative technologies and social media. She received her degree with honors in the Master of Arts program from the École nationale supérieure d'arts de Paris-Cergy, and has been awarded multiple times, having received the Audi Talents Award in 2017, and having been part of the Official Selection of Festival Vidéoformes in 2020, among others.
      Embajada de Francia

    • Date
      May 26, 2023

      Zach Blas


      United States

      ‌He is an artist, filmmaker, theorist, PhD in Literature (Duke University) and Assistant Professor of Visual Studies at the University of Toronto. His artistic practice addresses the materiality of digital technologies, reflecting on the philosophies, beliefs, imaginaries, and fantasies that pervade their industries.


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