Stanislav Glazov

Founder, Teacher

3D and audiovisual artist with over 22 years of experience in computer graphics and 20 years 
of teaching experience.

Worked in the production of the computer game Killer Tank, Pilot TV, on the first Russian animation projects in the Classic Studio, on the largest film projects in the German studios Trixter Film and Scanline CA as a technical director for pipeline, Character Animation, Cloth Simulation TD, RnD for VFX.

• After 2010 - creation of an automated infographic visualization system for Kommersant TV, cooperation with the largest Russian companies - SilaSveta, Stereotaktik, Invisible, Raduga Design - on VideoMapping projects.
• In 2013, he created his own generative design studio Licht.Pfad. Cooperation with WhiteVoid. Creation of AV Performances in partnership with Dasha Rush, Robert Lippok
• Performances at all the iconic festivals of the planet: Berlin Atonal, Mutek Montreal, Ars     Electronica Linz, Unsound Festival in Krakow, Raster-Noton night in Berghain, Barbican London, Resonance Festival in Tokyo, Mira Festival Barcelona, L.E.V. Festival, Light Festival Lyon
• Since 2016 - working on theater projects with Maxim Didenko, including the creation of media servers for various performances.

Maksim Smirnov

Co-founder, Facilitator

Media artist, musician, and VJ

He has collaborated with international performance groups such as Das Gegenteil, TO Druzhba, the Moscow jazz avant-garde (Improv Day events), and TON Workshop. He was the first video artist at Signal Music Residency.

He is part of the Burning Man Russia community and has participated in festivals such as Ogonёk, Holodok, Improfest, Potok, Bessonitsa, and LES25.

Founder of the experimental techno-jazz improvisational project Psychosomatika and a member of the world's largest laptop orchestra (75 people, Museum of Moscow, 2018).

Maksim has performed at venues like Mutabor, WIP, KC Dom, Cube Moscow, RED EYES Moscow, NIIDAR, the Darwin Museum, TekhnikaBezOpasnosti, and worked on interactive installations for Slava Polunin's global show (Manezh, 2022).

Vlad Yusupov

SMM

DJ, guitarist, performer

For the past three years, he has performed as a DJ with live guitar. He was a resident at the LFD (Light Fleur Dance) party and performed regularly at WARPP club. He has played at the Russian Museum, the creative village Art Kovcheg, the Systo festival, and various venues in St. Petersburg and Goa.

He is one of the founders of the creative community Plemya. For two years, they organized music and performance events in St. Petersburg and Goa.

As a fire show performer, he has appeared at Systo, Odyssey festival, and at parties like Soundcraft, Plemya, Tripfoundation, and others in Goa.

As an improvisational theater performer, he participated in Shamanic Party by Veda Ram and Sirena Mirra at Shunya, Goa.

Vlad has read his poetry at Shunya, Goa.

He played guitar in the ambient music project Outhanasia.

Founder, songwriter, and guitarist of the shamanic rock band MoonStones Band. They have performed at festivals like Systo, Trimurti, Chillout Planet, Bely Shum, Why Not, and Skazka.

He has been involved in organizing festivals, parties, and creative spaces and settlements, including Systo, Space of Joy, Trimurti, Odyssey, Art Kovcheg, and Soundcraft.

Marina Punkova

Curator

Motion designer, Media artist, VJ

She began her career as a designer and illustrator, transitioning to motion design in 2016. She has worked on various projects, including collaborations with Soyuzmultfilm, the country's oldest and most prominent animation studio, and contributed as a 3D generalist on numerous creative ventures.

Since 2019, she has focused on generative graphics and interactive events, creating complex installations for festivals such as AXIOMA, Ogonek and Signal. Additionally, she has worked with promo groups like Solar System, Dopamin, and PLY, providing visuals for a wide range of events—from classical music concerts to trance parties.

Her work has also been showcased in clubs such as Community, Gazgolder, and Blanc, where she delivered immersive visual performances.

Phelan Kane

Head of Education

Phelan Kane is a Berlin and London based music producer, engineer, artist, developer and educator. For over twenty years he has been active in both the music industry and the contemporary music education sector, with a focus on electronic music and alternative bands. His specialism is sound design and production techniques such as synthesis and sampling, alongside audio engineering, mixing, mastering, audio processing and plug-in development.

Credits
His credits and clients include sources as diverse as Radiohead, Fad Gadget, Placebo, Depeche Mode, Moby, Amanda Ghost, Snow Patrol, Dido, Babyshambles, Elastica, Ableton, Mute, Phil Vinall, Fun-da-mental, Hut, V2, Witness, X-FM, The Drum, The Duke Spirit, One Little Indian, Sasha Skarbeck, Toyota, Aziz Ibrahim, Arista, Yamaha, Ed O’Brien, Alabama 3, Polydor, Lukas Burton, The British Film Institute, Segs Jennings, Island, PIAS, Steve Dub, dEUS, Channel 4, Titan, Phil Selway, Fangoria, Zoe, Das Pop, Beggars Banquet, Cyberdance, Boy George, Lalalover, Sony BMG, Universal, EMI and Warner Bros. I have worked at many high end (and sadly missed!) studios such as The Townhouse, Olympic, Mayfair, Livingston, Parr Street, Rockfield, Monnow Valley, The Chapel, The Stone Room, Miloco Hoxton Square and Stanley House / Sofa Studios.

In 2001 Kane worked closely with pioneering synth Mute recording artist, Fad Gadget a.k.a. Frank Tovey, playing an instrumental part in Fad Gadget’s support on Depeche Mode’s 2001 ‘Exciter’ tour and as part of the Fad Gadget band, performing at Euro Rock in Benelux and Wembley Arena.

Scholarly Activities
For over twenty years he has been involved with delivering and designing contemporary popular music education at HE level. For two years he was the Head of Higher Education at London based Tech Music School (now BIMM London) and was instrumental in project managing the design, structure and eventual delivery of seven undergraduate Bachelor Honours degrees and two post graduate degrees in subjects such as Music Production, Songwriting, Music Business and Popular Music Performance. He has been a lecturer at BIMM London, SSR London, the Dept. of Music & Media at the University of Surrey, Tileyard Education and The London College of Music at The University of West London and he currently lectures for Deutsche Pop on their BA (Hons) Music Technology Specialist and at Catayst Berlin on their BA (Hons) Creatiev Audio Production. He delivers HE content specialising in DAW, synthesis, sampling, audio processing, sonic manipulation and electronic music production. Radiohead members Ed O'Brien and bandmate Phil Selway had music technology lessons with Phelan at Tech Music School in London in 2001.

In 2006 he completed a Master’s degree in Audio Technology from the London College of Music. He became one of the first wave of Ableton Certified Trainers in 2008 and in 2016 Kane completed an MSc in Sound & Music Computing at the world leading Center for Digital Music at Queen Mary, University of London. He was an active member of the UK’s Music Producers Guild, holds a PG Cert in Learning & Teaching, is an Affiliate of the Institute for Learning, a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and from 2017 - 2019 he was Chairman of the London Committee for the British Section of the Audio Engineering Society. In 2021 he became one of the first wave of Max Certified Trainers in the world and the only one outside the US. He owns a very (un)healthy collection of samples, plugs and DAW toys and possesses an obsession with synthesis and owns many vintage analogue synthesizers such as modular systems, Moogs, ARPs and Oberheims.

Levan

COO, Art Director

Levan Kelendzheridze is a pioneering curator, techno musician, founder of Medium studio. His work seamlessly merges technology and art, pushing the boundaries of digital experiences.

With a strong background in advertising, he served as Art Director at BBDO/Proximity Russia, bringing creative innovation to major commercial projects.

Currently, he leads Medium studio, creating cutting-edge multimedia installations that blend interactive technologies, transforming spaces into immersive digital environments. The studio continues to expand, taking on ambitious projects at the intersection of art and technology.

His musical journey includes a notable residency at the legendary Moscow club Propaganda and significant contributions to the experimental electronic scene. As a curator of New Culture Festival at CHA and founder of Syntek Lab, he established a vital platform for media art and experimental sound exploration.

Previously, as host of Piece of Art on page42.ru, he facilitated dialogues between contemporary artists and curators, bridging the gap between traditional and digital art forms.

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