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During the festival’s existence hundreds of Ukrainian and foreign artists have participated in the events held by the ANM. The annual audience has included many thousands of Odessites and guests coming from other cities of Ukraine and from abroad. The Odessa event’s ideas and actions have surpassed their geographical limits; they have been spread to other regions and countries resulting in new joint international projects. National and international mass media cover all these events. Best recordings from the Festival were released on the CDs. The Festival website has been created in 1999.

As the Festival is non-commercial, its organizing and holding costs have been received through contested grants from public, private or governmental Ukrainian, foreign and international foundations and organizations. International Renaissance Foundation for many years is the general sponsor of 2D2N. Other sponsors have been involved also, namely: Ministry of Culture and Arts of Ukraine, Odessa Regional Administration and Odessa Municipal Council, Foundation for Arts Development Assistance (Kiev, Ukraine), Charity Foundation Ciacan (Odessa, Ukraine), Pro Helvetia Foundation and Swiss Cultural Programme Ukraine (Switzerland), Austrian Embassy, Austrian CulturForum Kiev and KulturKontakt (Austria), British Council, Greek Culture Foundation and Greek Consulate in Odessa, Gaudeamus Foundation (the Netherlands), Goethe-Institut and Ernst von Siemens Foundation (Germany), French Cultural Centre in Ukraine and AFAA Association (France), Swedish Institute and others provide permanent support as well.

Undoubtedly, 2D2N has already been recognised as one of the achievements of the young Ukrainian State. Thus, its artistic content and results as well as the fact and context of its existence are worthy of analysing.

In general, festivals have become real centres that let define art trends, shape new ideas, open new unlimited horizons of creative activity, they are not only public holidays or entertainments, but also means to influence and develop aesthetic tastes and opinions, as well as to establish some ideals. At the same time, the festivals are meant to check novelties by practice, determine priorities, and search for unbeaten tracks of art and culture development.

As to its concept and circumstances of implementation, the 2D2N doesn’t imitate any other Ukrainian or foreign festival. Its specificity is that it unites new content and novel festival form. This is a phenomenon provoking imagination, which lets go off the rails of commonness. It is unique by its principles and form, there is an uninterrupted 48-hour action; i.e. two 12-hour musical days, starting on Friday afternoon, breaking on Saturday from 4 a.m. to 4 p.m., then recurring and continuing until Sunday morning; the event is divided into First Day, First Night, Second Day and Second Night. Every musical hour as a rule is filled with a new action combined with installations of performing, visual, multimedia and synthetic arts. Musical hour represents an open form, e.g. outwardly incoherent alternation of performances by two soloists, their play-like collision and match resulting in a "Duel-Duo". Unconventional acts require unconventional situation in the hall. Performers don’t use an ordinary stage, but a specially equipped place in the centre of the Festival hall.

Proceeding from the idea of free development of art, 2D2N has been promoting innovatory trends of contemporary music and synthetic kinds of art without defining the notions of New music and New art by any bounds of style or ideology. During the Festival you can listen to classical avant-garde and post-modern works created in recent years and representing various live, electronic, computer and acousmatic music trends. 2D2N introduced some new or unusual musical forms, for example traditional art from Armenia, Korea, Mongolia or Alaska with some concern in "world music" too. Generally, 2D2N is aimed at developing new forms of communication between musicians, musicians and the audience at joining theatre and musical art as well as all other arts, and the synthesis of various arts. This general trend received some special emphases at every edition of the festival.