ORGANIZED BY

PRO&CONTRA International Symposium
Moscow, October 8-11 2011; Krasnoyarsk, October 14-16 2011

The project is realized with Mikhail Prokhorov Foundation support
Under the patronage of Ministry of Culture of Russian Federation
Organized by "MediaArtLab" Centre for Art and Culture
Co-organized by Artplay on Yauza Design Centre
Partners: Royal Netherlands Embassy, Goethe Institut, Moskau, Austrian Cultural Forum

2011 Theme: Total Observer

“Today media constructs reality. Digital technologies change the society, politics and economics, but we are also changing with them. Technologies are extensions of our nervous system. We mutate gradually and become part of it. Under the pressure of the infinite number of cameras, stucked in the web, on one hand, we loose our freedom. But on the other - we expand our rights day by day via technological innovations. Art is not an outsider now, it's a trendsetter with new ideas and introduction into various fields is not directly connected to it. Only art with its intuition and power of imagination not limited by either discourse, or status, or norm becomes able to perceive the vague outlines of the future...”

Olga Shishko, PRO&CONTRA curator

Partners

General partner

Under the patronage of

Supported by

Open Society Institute

Красноярск

Площадка проведения

Special programme

OCTOBER 8

17.00 SYMPOSIUM’S SPECIAL PROJECTS

German Cultural Centre (Goethe-Institut) in Moscow presents:
Michaela Melian (Germany) “Panopticum”.

The Royal Netherlands Embassy presents:
V2_lab at V2_Institute for the Unstable Media, Netherlands) “Global issues and their research: wearable technology, augmented reality, environment”.

Austrian Cultural forum presents:
NEXT IDEA | Ars Electronica (Austria) award winners.

Pro&Contra Open Call. Projects of 2011 nominees.
in the cource of presentation Alla Zagaykevich (Ukraine) Sound performance «Dérive».

23.00 VIDEO FESTIVALS NIGHT

Best art-works of Japan Media Arts Festival, Prix Ars Electronica (Austria), LOOP Festival (Spain). 

OCTOBER 9

22.00 MEDIAFACADES

Teddy Lo (LEDARTIS) (Hong Kong)

Alex Umansky, Sergei Ogirya — "House in the street"

OCTOBER 10

22.00 VIDEO PROGRAMME "MEDIA KICK"

OCTOBER 11

21.00 PRO&CONTRA SYPOSIUM CLOSING

Performances by:

"SHVEITSARIA" ("Switzerland") Group (Alexey Zagniy, Lev Rubinshteyn, Maria Chuykova, Russia);
"EVEREST" Group (Switzerland);
Residents of the SoundArtist.ru community (Oleg Makarov & Patrick K.-H.,:: vtol::, Kurt Liedwart, Kasich).