Description
In various states and forms (liquid, vapour, ice; raw and refined stone), the elements of this union aim to evoke, with a near-tactile chill on the skin, a multifaceted St. Petersburg: austere and enigmatic, monolithic yet secretive. Water and stone—two opposing forces—merge through human will, not to destroy one another but to create something marvellous. At a certain point, the boundary between ice and granite dissolves: ancient ammonites, once dwellers of the seas, turn to stone; the river’s icy veneer cracks like an old embankment. Out of mist or blizzard, Petrograd emerges before us.
About the director:
Elizaveta Zharikova
Filmmaker. A student at the St. Petersburg State University of Film and Television, workshop led by Alexander Markov and Maria Popritsak. In her work, she often turns to the theme of memory, weaving together archives, interpretations, and dreams in search of a single recollection—whether forgotten or not yet lived.