Kuryokhin Center
{{Short description|Cultural centre in Saint Petersburg}}
The Kuryokhin Center, or more extended the Sergey Kuryokhin Center for Modern Art, is a non-profit cultural centre in Saint Petersburg, Russia.{{cite web |url=http://thisislike.com/kurehin-international-contemporary-art-centre-area/about |title=Kurehin International Contemporary Art Centre Venue In Saint-petersburg, Russia - ThisIsLike.com |website=thisislike.com |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100610235513/http://thisislike.com/kurehin-international-contemporary-art-centre-area/about |archive-date=2010-06-10}} 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
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{{Cite web|url=http://www.satellietgroep.nl/badgast_air_sea/1|title = Satellietgroep - Badgast - Air @ Sea}} and Ethno-mechanica Festival{{Cite web |url=http://www.waytorussia.net/events/saint-petersburg/sergey-kuryokhin-modern-art-center/ethno-mechanica-festival.html |title=Ethno-mechanica Festival | waytorussia.net page |access-date=2012-01-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111018032940/http://www.waytorussia.net/events/saint-petersburg/sergey-kuryokhin-modern-art-center/ethno-mechanica-festival.html |archive-date=2011-10-18 |url-status=dead }}) and a few other random events several times per year.
SKIF and Electro-Mechanica
The {{Interlanguage link|Sergey Kuryokhin International Festival|ru|SKIF (фестиваль)}} (SKIF) is an annual international festival of modern music and arts that has taken place since 1998.{{Cite web|title=SKIF XX|url=https://www.kuryokhin.net/skif/en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113110117/https://www.kuryokhin.net/skif/en|archive-date=2020-11-13|access-date=2021-02-17|website=Kuryokhin Center}} 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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.last.fm/festival/1734121+SKIF-15+-+Sergey+Kuryokhin+International+Festival|title = SKIF-15 at Центр современного искусства (Saint Petersburg) on 13 May 2011}}
Electro-Mechanica is an annual festival since 2007 representing electronic audio-visual arts including music, animation, videos, films, installations and performances{{cite web |url=http://thisislike.com/electro-mechanica-festival/about |title=ELECTRO-MECHANICA Festival In Saint-petersburg, Russia - ThisIsLike.com |website=thisislike.com |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150209150901/http://thisislike.com/electro-mechanica-festival/about |archive-date=2015-02-09}}
See also
Sources and references
{{Reflist}}
- [http://issuu.com/ergens_library/docs/kuryokhin_center_catalogue_award_2010 Kuryokhin Center Catalogue]
External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140222041834/http://www.kuryokhin.net/ru/award/about www.kuryokhin.net]
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