🗓️December 24–28, 2013
BOREY ART CENTER
📍58, Liteyni Ave, St. Petersburg 191104 Russia
◆Anna Frants’ Visionary Dreams #3261-64◆
Video & Audio Installations in Gallery Halls
Visionary Dreams #3261–64 marks the latest in Anna Frants’ long-standing tradition of pre-New Year exhibitions at Borey Gallery—an annual practice she began in 2006. As in previous editions, Frants presents immersive video and audio installations that merge fantasy with technology. Blending intuition, robotics, and programming, her work explores the intersection of imagination and machine logic.
Cyland Audio Collection
Audio Compilation by Cyland MediaLab
Curators: Sergey Komarov & Vlad Dobrovolsky
Featuring sound works by:
Nick Edvards, Peter Vogel, Hans Tammen, Dmitri ::vtol:: Morozov, Kurvenschreiber, Vladislav Dobrovolsky, Art Electronix, Pete Um, Jonas Gruska, Yoshio Machida, and Vasily Stepanov.
Founded by artists Anna Frants and Marina Koldobskaya in 2007, Cyland MediaArtLab continues to promote experimental practices in media and sound art.
The Angel
Anna Frants & Martin Doudoroff
3D Animation | 1995 | Duration: 1.5 minutes
The Angel is a short computer-animated film inspired by a humorous anecdote. Created in 1995, it won a prize at the SouthSide Film Festival (Bethlehem, PA) in 2006.
Weather Forecast – WINTER/SUMMER
Anna Frants & Elena Gubanova
Installation | Video, Cotton Wool, Thread | MediaLab Cyland
What were you doing in the winter of 1980? In the summer? What makes a certain winter unforgettable?
Weather Forecast – WINTER/SUMMER is a poetic reflection on the paradox of time—simultaneously slow-moving and fleeting. Through contrasting seasonal memories, the installation evokes nostalgia and questions the passage of time.
Reflection on Life No. 125082
Anna Frants
Robotics & Programming: Alexei Grachev
Installation | MediaLab Cyland
Materials: Metallic Conveyor Belt, 3D Print, Arduino, Hand-knitting
Size: Variable | 2013
Inspired by a satirical “life schedule” by writer Yuz Aleshkovsky, this piece contemplates the rituals of daily existence. Each numbered reflection—from birth onward—mirrors how we perceive and process life as a series of habitual actions.
Is introspection transformative? The work leaves the question open.
Object #3 from the series “Made in Ancient Greece”
Anna Frants & Cyland MediaArtLab
Multimedia Installation | Size: Variable | New York, 2013
In Ancient Greece, clay vessels served both utilitarian and symbolic purposes. In this series, Frants transforms traditional ceramic forms into storytelling devices of the digital age.
Replacing ancient myths with video narratives, the work juxtaposes classical aesthetics with contemporary visual media—questioning cultural continuity, perception, and the role of memory.