Last October, at the 34th Message to Man International Film Festival, the Kiberglaz Neural Network Film Laboratory operated under the guidance of Italian director and media artist Andrea Gatopoulos. The Laboratory was part of the major out-of-competition programme Kiberglaz, supervised by Katerina Parkhomenko and Mikhail Zheleznikov.
The programme’s main theme was the relationship between artificial intelligence and cinema, which also served as the focus of the Laboratory’s practical work. The project culminated in the production of a collective film, whose theatrical premiere took place at the Festival. Since then, the film has undergone further technical refinements.
Mikhail Zheleznikov says:
“Attention: online premiere!
“Our path leads through the poetry of machines, from the bungling citizen to the perfect electric man” Dziga Vertov, We: Variant of a Manifesto, 1922
Dear friends! After a dramatic pause, we are finally releasing the film created collectively by the participants of the Dziga Vertov Neural Network Film Laboratory, Kiberglaz, during the 34th Message to Man Festival!
Contributors: Elina Bolshenkova, Taisiya Brundukova, Angelina Eroshkina, Mikhail Ketov, Irina Kofova, Kristina Kurdyumova, Dasha Likhaya, Ivan Pastor, Vladislav Rumyantsev, Maria Sedyaeva, Timofey Stupin, Stepan Tikhonov, and Oleg Friga.
Tutor and Artistic Director: Andrea Gatopulos.”
The 35th Message to Man Film Festival will take place in St. Petersburg from October 17 to 25. Submissions are now open.
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