Schedule

Media Exhibition

The INTERVALS media exhibition unfolds across the map of Nizhny Novgorod. Multimedia works by contemporary artists are woven into the urban context and actively interact with the environment. Each year, the festival opens new and unexpected architectural locations — historic, industrial, and contemporary venues.

GLOOM

ГЛУМ - это проект Алёны Пономаренко, замешанный на множестве жанров. Здесь и соул, и трип-хоп, и инди с электронными отклонениями в этнику. Но ГЛУМ - это не про шаблоны, а про протест и настоящую любовь со всеми её подводными течениями. Вокал и энергия Алены парализует слушателя, а со зрителем на концерте может случится настоящий эмоциональный коллапс, после которого следует помолчать пару дней. История проекта ГЛУМ началась в 2020-ом году с совместной работы Алены и Никиты Каменским над первым альбомом ‘Мираж’, записанным в подвальной студии у Юрия Усачёва (гости из будущего...) Далее был второй альбом ‘Ясно солнышко’ и ‘Рванье’ EP, которые определили навсегда эстетику проекта: 'музыка без азимута и дифференциаций', как витчовый вариант Portishead в волшебном лесу пост-советской реальности. Треки ‘Искать тебя’, ‘Друг’, ‘закрывай глаза’ наиболее точно передают настроения той эпохи, после которой Алена немного отдалилась от сцены. ГЛУМ возвращается на сцену в 2025-ом году — внесистемное звучание проекта на месте, как и девиантная энергетика музыки Алены. За аранжировки теперь отвечает Глеб Алексеев из Ankobo Kaboo, новые синглы ГЛУМ - ‘Кристина’, ‘Ломбард’ выходят на столичном лейбле Диско-клуб. Гастрольный график наполняется новыми датами выступлений, на лето 2025 заявлено участие ГЛУМ в лайн-апе фестивалей ЭТО БАЗА, SIGNAL, КККРРРУУУТТТООО и др.

Symbol

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Husky

Главный пройдоха русского рэпа презентует новый альбом Если говорить о классике русского рэпа последних десяти лет, то невозможно обойти вниманием альбомы Хаски «Любимые песни воображаемых людей» и «Хошхоног» — в этот ряд встает и недавно вышедший «Партизан». Рэп Хаски вовлекает в честный и неудобный разговор о наболевшем. Его последний альбом тому свидетельство: это аудиопортрет эпохи, сплетающий фолк и оперу, индастриал и панк, в центре которого Хаски собирает хронику смутных времён — он выкорчевывает своего слушателя из зоны комфорта, пишет на острие языка и выворачивает наизнанку свои и чужие страхи. Отдельного слова заслуживают выступления Хаски: его авангардные шоу ломают представления о рэп-концертах и никогда не повторяются дважды. Это партизанский рейд против уныния, где орудуют как хитами-уховертками, так и новыми треками.

Metro Gorkovskaya

СТАНЦИЯ МЕТРО ГОРЬКОВСКАЯ – творческое объединение, электронный лейбл и видео-продакшн из Нижнего Новгорода. Аудио-визуальные шоу и уникальная энергетика – это основные столпы проекта. Ключевые жанры: UK, breakbeat, dubstep, dnb, 2 step, speed garage + rap. Станция метро Горьковская делает события, которые объединяют людей по всей стране и за ее пределами. За 5 лет проект внес серьезный вклад в культуру своего города и страны, став отражением свободы, самобытности и искусства.

Kirill Shapovalov

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Yang Bing

404.zero

digital moss

Shihua Ma

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digital moss

Shihua Ma

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Night Program

The INTERVALS Night Program is the festival's powerful beat — a symbiosis of light and music that fully immerses you in the atmosphere.

Technologies, People, City: Event Industry Development Strategy

How do we create multimedia, engage with audiences and experience urban events? Speakers will discuss what awaits festivals in the next 5–10 years, which technological solutions are already becoming standard today, and how to develop the regional talent pool in the media sector.

Gazing Machines

Italian artist Davide Quayola will speak about his work and his research into high-precision laser scanning systems, drawing a parallel between the historical traditions of 19th-century plein air painting and contemporary computational aesthetics.

Electroacoustic Composition

Nikolai Popov will deliver a lecture on the core principles of creating electroacoustic works: from capturing raw sound to its complete transformation through digital technologies and multimedia.

Technology of Performance

Choreographer Vladimir Varnava is the director of the INTERVALS 2026 Opening Concert. He will explore how the collaboration between Gruppa Varnava, the choir Attaque de panique and the dreamlaser team was built.

Author, Market and AI

The discussion is dedicated to the intersection of creativity, market mechanisms and AI. Speakers will address authorial identity when delegating tasks to neural networks, the ethics of AI use, and the paradox whereby its mass adoption restores the value of manual craft.

Intuition and the Creative Process

Through the lens of personal experience, Sasha Kojjio explores the creative process from the perspectives of metaphysics, mathematics and psychology.

Art for Business: Why Invest in Art and How Much Does It Cost?

How does the transition from 'sign' to 'symbol' happen in corporate cultural support? How much do artist partnerships cost, and what does business receive in return?

How to Sell the Invisible: Media Art for Festivals and Collectors

Russia's media art pioneer Aristarh Chernyshev will explain how the media art market differs from traditional ones, what collectors look for in multimedia works, and how festival participation helps to monetise art.

Levels of Understanding Media Art

How do you preserve conceptual complexity without becoming art for three people? Experts and lecturers from the Media Art MA at Central University will discuss how research work is organised in the industry.

On Creating RAIN STATION and Collaborative Artistic Practice

The artists will speak about their collaborative practice and share details about the RAIN STATION installation: its philosophy, design and stages of development.

How Did Media Art Festivals Emerge? Early Light Experiments and Spectacle Practices

Olga Shchedrina will trace the history of light spectacles: from phantasmagoria to colour music and light-kinetic installations of the 20th century. Contemporary media art festivals as a scaling-up of historical practices.

The Project as Hero: Monomyth Architecture in Cultural Production

Olga Arshanskaya will examine the Noche de Luz festival as an example of a project following the classic hero's journey: from the birth of an idea to crisis and rebirth. A lecture on how dramatic logic helps build strategy in cultural production.

Who Teaches Tomorrow's Creators: The Multimedia Education Ecosystem

We will examine the educational ecosystem as a whole: how different formats work, their strengths and hidden risks. A conversation about the environment that nurtures new names in multimedia.

Workshop: Architectural Mapping with AI

We will explore how to generate visual concepts, prepare images for animation, create video with AI and assemble the final result. The structure of a real pipeline: from idea to finished mapping video.

Workshop: How to Manage Listener Attention in Music

The workshop will explore how musical perception works, how to engage with musical form, and which tools help to manage a listener's attention.

Workshop: DIY Synthesizers: Build Your Sound in 3 Hours

We will build a DIY synthesiser. In 3 hours you will learn what synthesisers are, master soldering, assemble the housing, flash the device and take home a working instrument.

Workshop: LYM.ART & Robots

The secrets of controlling robot dogs and the chance to create your own performance. Theory on robotics and hands-on practice with a neural interface.

Lux Domus: Light Architecture

Opening Concert

A grand opening concert of Intervals Festival 2026 in a completely new format — the live sound of a choir intertwining with theatrical choreography within a multimedia light space.

Erosion of the Sign: Art in Search of Meanings Beyond Language

Multimedia in the Pop Music Industry

Digital Renaissance: How New Cultural Centres Are Created

New Media: Ideas and Realisations

Architecture of the Festival's Artistic Processes

Sport and Technology: How Multimedia Shapes the Viewer's Experience

Mental Health in Creative Work: How to Work Without Burning Out

How to Pretend to Be a Multimedia Artist for 5 Years. And Become One (?)

Reconstructing the Starry Sky: Space in Contemporary Art

Media Technology Cluster: Growth Territory

From Idea to Emotion: How to Create Heartfelt Video Games

Indie Method: How to Build Interactive Content Without a Producer or Tech Director

Presence Effect: Communication and Emotions in the Urban Environment

Workshop: Game Mechanics in TouchDesigner: From Phone to Competition

Tatyana Alisova will demonstrate how to create a competitive mechanic in TouchDesigner, where a smartphone serves as the interaction tool.

Workshop: Parametric Self: How Character Manifests in Type

The workshop will explore the key properties of typefaces, relate them to character traits, and create a typographic self-portrait.

Workshop: Interface of the Future: Design Your AI Agent with a Human Face

You will not just create an avatar — you will design the personality, logic and actions of a digital interlocutor.

Workshop: Multimedia Exhibition Concept: How to Turn an Idea into an Immersive Experience

We will examine the key principles of developing an exhibition concept and shaping the visitor experience, studying cases where an idea becomes a complete exposition.