Description: According to Buryat mythology, the world is divided into three layers: the Upper World, home to supreme deities; the Middle World, where humans coexist with benevolent gods who help them harmonize with nature; and the Lower World, inhabited by malevolent spirits and restless souls who have not found peace.
In this project, the viewer finds themselves on an island in the middle of Lake Baikal, a place within the Middle World. Here, they may encounter forest spirits, the Ezhin of Water, and the Thunderer. A deer, revered as a sacred intermediary between the human realm and the divine, serves as a guide to the Upper World. Meanwhile, at the heart of the landscape lies an ancient crevice filled with lava—falling into it leads to the Lower World.
This project was developed as part of a master’s thesis with the support of the “Technological Art” master’s program at NUST MISIS.
Grigodas GRIGODAS (b. 1999, Irkutsk) is a digital artist based in Moscow. She holds a degree in programming from Irkutsk State University and later completed her master's studies at the National University of Science and Technology MISIS.
Her artistic journey began with photography—she became a member of the Irkutsk Photographic Society in 2020—before transitioning into digital art. She has participated in various exhibitions and biennales, including "Art for the Future", "Eco.Techno.Art" (Moscow), the Chuvash Biennale of Contemporary Art (Cheboksary), GAMMA Festival (Saint Petersburg), "Heritage and Modernity" (Moscow), and "Barefoot" (Irkutsk), among others.
Her work has also been featured in group photography exhibitions, such as "The Most Beautiful Country" (Moscow), the Second Regional Photo Contest of the Irkutsk Photographic Society, and the Annual City Photo Contest "My World" (Irkutsk). In addition, she held a solo exhibition, "Untitled", in Irkutsk.
In July 2022, she conducted a series of lectures and workshops on technological art at the "Fire" Contemporary Art Center in Irkutsk.
GRIGODAS takes an interdisciplinary approach, drawing on her background as both a programmer and creative designer. Her current artistic focus explores history and indigenous cultures, which she expresses through video art, 3D graphics, and generative art.
