THE LACE
Pseudo-documentary video cycle
— CONCEPT
They have returned. They are us.
The Lace is a pseudo-documentary video cycle exploring the concept of homecoming. Not a chronicle of first contact with the Other, but a documented reunion with the Self.
Presented as a forged archive from the future, the work utilizes grainy film textures, erratic handheld cinematography, and light leaks to capture unidentified aerial phenomena hovering over dense forests, frozen landscapes, and the untamed wilderness of the ancestral home.
The hull of every craft is inscribed with an intricate visual language: delicate floral motifs, rhythmic geometric threads, and hand-painted symbolic patterns that predate modern history. These designs did not merely survive centuries; they endured millennia of interstellar migration. They were preserved neither in museums nor in books, but within the fundamental structure of cultural memory — a code written deeper than language, defined by geometry, repetition, and form.
— THE WORK
The Lace exists in two formats designed for different exhibition contexts. The vertical loop was created specifically for the portrait screens at the State Historical Museum. Multiple horizontal adaptations were produced for the large-format media facades of the RGB Graphics network across Moscow.
Museum version — 1080×1920 · State Historical Museum
City screens version — adapted for RGB Graphics media facades
— EXHIBITION
Shown at the Museum of the Patriotic War of 1812 on Red Square as part of SVOYASI — Traditions of the Future. The exhibition explored the foundations of Russian culture through contemporary art practices, combining traditional crafts with video art, olfactory installations, and digital works. The digital section was curated by Stella Labuzhskaya and Irina Arnaut and featured 13 artists.
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The Lace on vertical display
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State Historical Museum, Moscow 2026
Exhibition Atmosphere Video
From May 15 to June 15, 2026 — the work ran every 5 minutes across 5 media facades throughout Moscow and the arrivals zone of Vnukovo Airport. Each screen required a unique horizontal adaptation. A random passerby or arriving guest of the city becomes a viewer — encountering contemporary art in the urban flow.
— Leninsky Prospekt (Galeon shopping center)
— Olkhovskaya Street, 49
— Leningradskoe Highway — Repina Street
— 3rd Magistralnaya Street, 30/1
— Vnukovo Airport, arrivals zone
— LIVE BROADCAST FOOTAGE
— MEDIA FACADES
