VIDEO WORKS

ZVENTA SVENTANA _A NA GORE MAK

The music of the band Zventa Sventana blends folk songs with modern electronics. In the video, we took a classic mythological concept of initiation and turned it around, showing that today transformation is more about moving from an overload of meaning through an encounter with the terrifying to a return to one's pure self. A special visual language was created for this story, combining layout and folklore motifs, but interpreted in a modern way using 3D scans, textures, generative graphics, and neural networks. This principle also guided the creation of costumes and choreography. The result is a modern myth that vividly illustrates the connection across time.

ZODIAC

This is a story about growing up and acceptance, about the inner struggle that comes with it. For me, it coincided with the birth of my child, helping me reflect on the stage of my life related to adulthood.Initially, I saw this story as local, about two characters in an abstract space. I wanted it to be more than just a straightforward narrative, something beyond a typical war game, where things take on stranger turns. Mujus is one of my favorite musicians in Russia; I’ve been listening to him since school. I’m happy he liked my idea, and we created this work despite all the challenges.

Musia Totibadze - GOLOSA

For me, "Voices" is about whether there’s room for something real in the modern world. The heroine Musya, like a superhero, navigates through all the chaos—both literally and metaphorically—to finally unite with her sisters and offer hope that the answer to this question remains positive, even today. I started developing this idea and created a mood board with Sailor Moon transformations and shots from Charmed. I wanted the digital reality in the video to feel like a real video game, not just 3D animation, so that viewers would feel Musya is controlled by a joystick. We worked in Unreal Engine 5, where we also designed the outfits.

Zero Form

Any subjective type of shape is true if it corresponds with human constitution and temper. It can be unpopular or academically wrong, but it will be honest. The honesty is the Energy. The Energy that turns words into expressions. One point or one line is enough to discover immediate emotions. We flow in the void of academism, trying to fish out powerful and honest shapes. The most honest shape in our project is the Point. Null object.

Transfer

Transfer is a collaboration between media artist and director Roman Holodenko and dance artist Asya Ashman. This work creates a space between ritualistic patterns of non-individualistic bodies-functions and possibility for evolving of a new matter. What do we transfer to digital space? Where to digital reality transfers all of us together?

Musia Totibadze - Tramontana


A very delicate and intimate video, filmed live using a system of mirrors and projections, with subtle plays on time desynchronization in each reflection.

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BIO