GOGOLFEST is an annual Ukrainian multidisciplinary international festival of contemporary art, most of the events of which took place in Kyiv at the Museum Artistic Arsenal before 2010. The festival programme consists of five areas: theater, music, film, literature and visual art.
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GOGOLFEST founded in 2007 on the private initiative of director and head of the "Dakh" Center for Contemporary Art, Vladislav Troitsky. The co-founder of the Festival and Chairman of the GOGOLFEST Board of Trustees is Evgeni Utkin, founder of the Kvazar Micro IT company.
| Date | Place | Headliners | Audience | Features |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 7–14, 2007 | "Artistic Arsenal" | CCA "DAKh", "Kyiv Soloists" Chamber Ensemble | 10 000 | Establishment in Ukraine of the first annual festival of contemporary art |
| May 7–25, 2008 | "Artistic Arsenal" | composer V. Martynov, T. Hrindenko with "OPUS-POSTH" Ensemble, E. Gromov, Dmitry Pokrovsky Ensemble and St. Nikolsky Choir of the Tretyakov Gallery, "Volkov Trio", Alla Zagaykevych, St. Petersburg Engineering Theatre "AXE","LaboraToria", D. Ilyes Hungarian National Theatre (Beregovo), Studio "Sounddrama", "Kyiv Modern ballet" | 50 000 | GOGOLFEST works together with other festivals, including "Sheshory", "Land of Dreams", "Youth", "Open Night", "Step", "French Spring", "Jazz Koktebel", "Cathedral of Song" and others. |
| September 11–27, 2009 [1] | "Artistic Arsenal" | Performance of Dmitry Bogomazov's "Hamlet", tours of Perm "By the Bridge" Theatre, concert performance "Dreams of the lost road" with DakhaBrakha, concert from the organizers of the Moloko Music Fest (Adam Green's speech, Adanovsky, Tikkle Me and Sergei Babkin), electro-acoustic program from Alla Zagaykevych, performance from St. Petersburg band NOM, and a festival-closing show from the group "Picasso's Children". | 120 000 | Two-hundredth anniversary of the birth of Gogol. For the first time, the Festival leaves the "Artistic Arsenal" |
| September 4–12, 2010 | Dovzhenko Film Studios | Spanish Theatre La Fura Dels Baus, Fiinish duo Kimmo Pohjonen Kluster, Italian theatre of athletic dance Kataklo, ethnic ensemble from Tuva (Russia) Huun-Huur-Tu, Russian chamber orchestra «Opus Posth.», Jazzsteppa, The Go! Team from UK. | 1 million viewers expected (for the televised opening)[2] | In May, the festival also took place in Perm. In Kiev, for the first time, the Festival will be held at a location other than the "Artistic Arsenal". |
In 2010, the festival is scheduled for 4–12 September. For the first time in its history, the Festival leaves the "Artistic Arsenal" for Kyiv's Dovzhenko Film Studios.
The plan for this year's Festival is to kick off events with a spectacular performance at Independence Square on September 4 of "Multiverse", a joint project of Ukraine's "Dakh" Theatre and the Spanish theatre "La Fura Dels Baus", renowned for opening the Olympic Games in Barcelona in 1992.
The Festival will offer a theatre programme (in addition to the Ukrainian theatre showcase), music, visual arts, literature and film programmes, as well as master classes given by invited artists.