Abdulkhakova Elza – Cyland Video Archive https://videoarchive.cyland.org Video Archive Wed, 15 Apr 2026 21:54:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.25 Dark Tale https://videoarchive.cyland.org/video_archive/dark-tale/ Mon, 17 Feb 2025 10:59:44 +0000 https://videoarchive.cyland.org/?post_type=video_archive&p=20884 Dark tale is a performative action which is magical and mundane at the same time, a fictional situation of presence for two performers. The basis is the study of the shadow as a concept — a category of an unpleasant and invisible to the eye condition. Starting with an associative map, visual images, through analyzing … Continue reading "Dark Tale"

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]]> Dark tale is a performative action which is magical and mundane at the same time, a fictional situation of presence for two performers. The basis is the study of the shadow as a concept — a category of an unpleasant and invisible to the eye condition. Starting with an associative map, visual images, through analyzing your shadow qualities, carefully hidden from the society, the authors of the project bring everything they have developed into the movement score, thus redefining the characteristics initially negatively perceived, and endowing them with humanity, allowing their existence, revealing their variability and presentation to the outside. Within the project, the shadow is defined as an artistic image of the invisible but felt; it is characterized by such features as implicit manifestation, specificity, essence. It is more of the content than the form: a complex energetic category that can set the direction of movement.

  • Video, 24 min
  • Composer: Alex Havran
  • Voice-over by Masha Dugina
  • Hair styling by Gevorg Agamalyan
  • Shot, edited and sound recorded by kykyvideo

Special thanks to Garage Museum Studios and Ivan Isaev and Irina Sopina

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]]> Unsupportedness https://videoarchive.cyland.org/video_archive/unsupportedness/ Mon, 17 Feb 2025 10:56:05 +0000 https://videoarchive.cyland.org/?post_type=video_archive&p=20878 The philologist Valentin Nepomniachtchi believes that “unsupportedness” is a lack of independence, a detachment from roots, despite being grounded in nature. This uneven, raw feeling, which arose during the first walk on the ice of Lake Baikal, is the subject of the video. It relates to the comparison of a person as a second nature … Continue reading "Unsupportedness"

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]]> The philologist Valentin Nepomniachtchi believes that “unsupportedness” is a lack of independence, a detachment from roots, despite being grounded in nature. This uneven, raw feeling, which arose during the first walk on the ice of Lake Baikal, is the subject of the video. It relates to the comparison of a person as a second nature with nature as a mother, overwhelming with its scale, power, and wildness. It leads to the realization of oneself as a speck of dust, a brief moment in time, an excess or even a mistake. It is an attempt at positioning: from mimicry and witnessing to the search for meaning in this shared journey.

  • Camera, editing, sound: Elza Abdulkhakova, Rustam Nerustam
  • Color correction: Rustam Nerustam
  • Composer: Magulya Mezinova
  • Titles: Victoria Kibe
  • Special thanks: Elvira Abdulkhakova, Evgeniya Fomina

Created as a part of the laboratory of the New Dance Academy on Baikal

Curator: Siia Lonshakova

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