TITLE: PANDEMIC CHRONOTOPE
TECHNICAL INFO: Interactive mechanical installation, website, text, mirror, sound, 2020-2021
PLACE: World on a Wire, Rhizome of the New Museum Х Hyundai Motor Company, Beijing (CHN), Seoul (KR)

Pandemic Chronotopeis a web project and installation combining digital animation with traditional Russian illustration to create a story made from personal anecdotes about the impact of Covid-19 on daily life. During a period of national lockdown in 2020, Russian artist and UX designer Mariia Fedorova solicited submissions from the general public about their experiences, spinning them into a series of fairytales with metaphorical overtones,like the story of a Firebird that offers the kind of salvation associated with a vaccine. This installation brings rendered fragments of that story to life using several phenakistoscopes, a kind of pre-cinema animation device, further reinforcing the interplay of historical and contemporary forms of storytelling and simulation within the work.