Konstantin Vitalyevich Mitenev (born May 18, 1956) is Russian artist, filmmaker, film actor, author.[1]
Konstantin Mitenev | |
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| Born | Konstantin Vitalyevich Mitenev 18 May 1956 |
| Alma mater | Leningrad Politechnical Institute |
| Known for | poetry, cinema, new media art |
| Movement | net art |
Biography
editIn 1984, Mitenev joined the film studio Mzhalalafilm.[1][2]
As an artist, Konstantin Mitenev was actively involved in Leningrad's underground art scene in the 1980s.[3]
Mitenev began to engage in new media art after the international video festival "OSTranenie" at the Bauhaus, Dessau, in 1993.[1]
Since the early 90s, he took part in the net art movement.[1]
In 1996, he created the artistic projects UnDiNa (United Digital Nations) and Xyman (constructor of the body) with Alla Mitrofanova.[1][4] In the same year, Konstantin Mitenev organized with Alla Mitrofanova the first Russian cyber-expedition NETMAN.[1] He created the first network TV in Russia called Twins TV in 1997.[1] Mitenev opened the first online art gallery in Russia, BioNet.[1] He published a manifesto — Next Media.[5]
At the suggestion of Geert Lovink, Konstantin Mitenev has organized A Great Clone Party, the world's first sound stream via the Internet between St. Petersburg and nine cities (Linz — Paris — Berlin — Geneva — Lausanne — St. Petersburg — Kobe — San Francisco).[1] He called his computer Masha Pentium as a co-author (from now he signs as Kostya Mitenev & Masha Pentium - k@m).[6]
Konstantin Mitenev met Bruce Sterling in St. Petersburg in late 90s.[7] Later Mitenev became a character in his book Zeitgeist (necrorealist Viktor Bilibin).[6] At the same time Konstantin Mitienev corresponded with curator Inke Arns.[8]
In 2015, he held an art picket at the 56th Venice Biennale with an art picket Separation of Art From the State.[9]
In 2022, he went to Venice for a collective exhibition with his thesis "Do Art, Not War". In the same year, Mitenev participated in an anti-war exhibition in Geneva.[3] Also Mitenev took part in international media art festival CYFEST-14.[10]
Konstantin Mitenev lives and works in Lausanne, Switzerland.[3]
Konstantin Mitenev's works are in the collection of Kuryokhin Center, St. Petersburg, in the archives of CYLAND Media Art Lab.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "MiTenev (GoldTV) Kostya". Cyland Video Archive. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
- ^ "Eugene Yufit (1961–2016)". Artforum. 29 December 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ a b c "Débouté par la Suisse à qui il a demandé asile, l'artiste russe Konstantin Mitenev veut faire de l'art, pas la guerre - Le Temps" (in French). 2024-01-18. ISSN 1423-3967. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
- ^ Race in Cyberspace / Ed. by Beth E. Kolko, Gilbert B. Rodman, Lisa Nakamura. — New York.: Routledge, 2000. — P. 27–48. — P. 248 — ISBN 9780415921633, 0415921635
- ^ "MiTenev (GoldTV) Kostya". Cyland Video Archive. Retrieved 2023-12-23.
- ^ a b "Костя Митенев — От некрореализма к метасимволизму". Журнал «Сеанс. 2022-08-11. Retrieved 2023-12-23.
- ^ Sterling, Bruce. "Art And Corruption". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2024-10-05.
- ^ "Syndicate: kostya miTenev: nexa". nettime.org. Retrieved 2024-10-05.
- ^ "Константин Митенев в программе "Культурный дневник"". Радио Свобода (in Russian). 2015-05-23. Retrieved 2023-12-23.
- ^ "VIDEO PROGRAM ՎԻԴԵՈ ԾՐԱԳԻՐ". CYFEST. Retrieved 2024-10-05.
External links
edit- Konstantin Mitenev on Russian Art Archive Network: https://russianartarchive.net/en/catalogue/person/PBARF
- Konstantin Mitenev on CYLAND Video archive: https://videoarchive.cyland.org/video_artists/mitenev-kostya/