Russia -- The Pro Arte Institute in St. Petersburg

   

The PRO ARTE Institute is an educational centre working in the sphere of art and culture of the 20th Century. It is a non-governmental organization founded in 1999 in St. Petersburg, Russia, to promote contemporary culture in the fields of visual art, music and dance. The PRO ARTE Institute, situated in the Peter and Paul Fortress in the heart of historical St. Petersburg provides an extensive range of courses and lectures designed to familiarise participants with the main themes and concepts of contemporary art and culture. Besides weekly lectures, the PRO ARTE Institute carries out an intensive schedule of diverse events including concerts, exhibitions,seminars, round tables and grant competitions for Russian artists and cultural institutions. The PRO ARTE Institute actively encourages and supports manifestations of contemporary culture in the spheres of visual art, music cinema and media art.


Nordic AiR 2006 residencies available for two months during 2006.


Facilities Available for the Artist

The Multimedia laboratory at Pro Arte is designed to facilitate the realization of a wide variety of projects in the field of multimedia art. It is fitted with ten Pentium-III/500MHz workstations and contains all the necessary equipment for working with 2D- and 3D-images and digitally processing video images and sound.
LIST OF AVAILABLE EQUIPMENT AT THE PRO ARTE MULTIMEDIALAB

· 10 multimedia PC PIII533, MB VIA Apollo, RAM:200MB, HDD:20GB, Video Nvidia TNT2 Pro, SoundBlaster Live!,
· Monitor Samsung 17' (some with: ZIP drive, MO drive, CD-RW and DVD-ROM drive)
· Scanners (AGFA and HP),
· Printers (EPSON and HP-- photo quality),
· One Mac Classic II, old but nice :)
· One PC for non linear video (NL) editing PIII750, MB ASUA CUBX, RAM:500MB,
· HDD:40GB, Video Nvidia TNT2 Pro, SoundBlaster Live!,
· miroVIDEO DV 500, Monitor Samsung 17'
· for linear video editing VCR PANASONIC NV-HS950EE, VCR SONY SD225EU,
· 2 TV JVC AV 2110E, 1 TV+VCR TVP 3360
· video camcorders SONY TRV 410E (Digital 8), Panasonic DP200 S-VHS,
· for presentation : multimedia video projectors: Phillips 4100, Phillips LC 4235? photo and graph projectors,
· other photo and audio technical: AGFA CL500, Canon EOS 300, SONY TCM-20V,
· blue screen and projectors


For further information please see: www.proarte.ru

or contact:
The Pro Arte Institute
Nevskaya kurtina (left side)
Peter and Paul Fortress
St. Petersburg, Russia

Ms. Tatiana Bykovskaia, program coordinator
E-MAIL bykovskaya@proarte.ru
TEL (+7 812) 233 00 40
FAX (+7 812) 233 05 53




Media AiR 2004:

Facilities available for the artist
The Multimedia laboratory at Pro Arte is designed to facilitate the realization of a wide variety of projects in the field of multimedia art. It is fitted with five Pentium-III/500MHz workstations and contains all the necessary equipment for working with 2D- and 3D-images and digitally processing video images and sound.

LIST OF AVAILABLE EQUIPMENT AT THE PRO ARTE MULTIMEDIALAB

·5 multimedia PC PIII533, 2 multimedia PC IV2.4, MB VIA Apollo, RAM:200MB, HDD:20GB, Video Nvidia TNT2 Pro, SoundBlaster Live!,
·Monitor Samsung 17' (some with: ZIP drive, MO drive, CD-RW and DVD-ROM drive), DVD-RW
·Scanners (AGFA and HP),
· Printers (EPSON and HP-- photo quality),
· One PC for non linear video (NL) editing DIV2.4, MB ASUA CUBX, RAM:500MB, HDD:40GB, Video Nvidia TNT2 Pro, SoundBlaster Live!, miroVIDEO DV 500, Monitor Samsung 19'
· for linear video editing VCR PANASONIC NV-HS950EE, VCR SONY SD225EU,
- 2 TV JVC AV 2110E, 1 TV+VCR TVP 3360 14'
· video camcorders SONY TRV 410E (Digital 8), Panasonic DP200 S-VHS,
· for presentation : multimedia video projectors: Phillips 4100, photo and graph projectors, Sanyo XS30
· other photo and audio technical: AGFA CL500, Canon EOS 300, SONY TCM-20V, Nicon 5700
· projectors and some audio equipment (sound mixer, amplifier, speaker, microphone etc.)