Description
An exploration of contemporary art drawing inspiration from the Russian tradition. At its centre is Nika Kletski, an Orthodox street artist. Creating works at the intersection of iconography, personal experience, and urban space, Nika seeks a new way of engaging in dialogue with contemporary audiences. Her art emerges where the past meets the present: on walls, in abandoned buildings, and in the cracks of familiar urban reality. The present is impossible without a memory of the past, while the search for a new artistic language begins with an attempt to find a balance between heritage, personal experience, and contemporary forms.
About the director:
Irina Obidova
Filmmaker, creative producer, and screenwriter. She graduated in non-fiction directing from the St. Petersburg State University of Film and Television. Since 2014, she has been a creative producer at Potential. In 2019 she made the short Comet, which was selected for the Moscow International Film Festival; in 2022 she released her first feature, 1,000 Cheap Lighters. The film screened at many national and international festivals, among them Window to Europe, Arctic Open, and the festivals in Goa and Kerala. As a screenwriter she worked on the series Frozen Ground, and is now involved in several projects.