The Kuryokhin Center, or more extended the Sergey Kuryokhin Center for Modern Art, is a non-profitcultural centre in Saint Petersburg, Russia.[1] 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.
The Sergey Kuryokhin International Festival [ru] (SKIF) is an annual international festival of modern music and arts that has taken place since 1998.[4] 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.[5]
Electro-Mechanica is an annual festival since 2007 representing electronic audio-visual arts including music, animation, videos, films, installations and performances[6]
