Exhibition “CyFest15: Vulnerability,” International Festival of Media Art

CREA Cantieri del Contemporaneo, Giudecca, Venice
15.04 – 30.08.2024

CyFest, founded by independent artists and curators in 2007, is a nomadic cultural event and one of the largest international media art festivals.

It aims to create a platform for mapping, mediating, and documenting New Media Art, both regionally and internationally. The goal is to explore various modes of cooperation and sharing between art professionals and the scientific community. 

“CyFest15: Vulnerability” consists of a series of traveling exhibitions held at prominent cultural and public institutions around the world, including Miami, with upcoming events in 2024 in Venice and New York.

The group exhibition at CREA Cantieri del Contemporaneo brings together numerous themes: through the collaboration of art, visual languages, technology, and science, the exhibition highlights the vulnerability and fragility of the human condition.



Artists: Samvel Baghdasaryan, Ludmila Belova, Max Blotas, Alexandra Dementieva, Alexey Dymdymarchenko, Yvetta Fedorova, Anna Frants, Elena Gubanova Ivan Govorkov, Irina Korina, Natalia Lyakh, AnneMarie Maes, Phill Niblock Katherine Liberovskaya, Tuula Närhinen, Nao Nishihara, Fabrizio Plessi, Mariateresa Sartori, Monica Naranjo Uribe, Where Dogs Run.

Organized by Cyland Foudation Inc. International MediaArtLab.
Sponsor: One Market Data.
Partners: Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia, Centro Studi sull’Arte Russa – CSAR, LEONARDO ISAST, Samvel Baghdasaryan Art Foundation, Weave.

Preview image: exhibition’s poster

Image: Lena Herzog, Last Whispers, Installation, 2016 (first version, AV); 2022 (immersive version, VR). CYFEST 15_ Vulnerability, 2023. Photograph by Ann Prilutskaya