Taganrog artists Victoria Barvenko and Svetlana Pesetskaya (Belka & Strelka - Flux Rus group) participated in FLUXFEST 1, which was held in Chicago, IL, USA. The event was dedicated to centennial birth anniversary of Guglielmo Achille Cavellini, an influential Italian Fluxus artist.


The group from Taganrog presented several performances at Chicago Cultural Center that aroused great interest of the public: "Bananaphone", "Brushing your teeth with Campbell soup is better than brainwashing" (dedicated to Andy Warhol), "Starfall" (dedicated to Guglielmo Achille Cavellini), "It's Chicago, baby!".