Almanach
Czyzyk Monika
Three characters transform natural, elemental materials into music in a hypnotic, shamanic dance of bodies, sounds, and landscapes. Stones, shells, clay, wood, and air act reverberate together in hypnotic and constantly expanding audio-visual echoes.
Production Year
2025
Duration
00:35:26
Asiasana
air, birds, caves, children's games, clay animation, death, ecological psychology, energy, energy healing, experimental music, fire, folk music, forests, love, meditation music, musical instruments, musicians, organ (keyboard instruments), organic material, organic objects, percussion instruments, performance (art forms), shamanism, sheep, stones and rocks, transcendence, water
Original Title
Almanach
English Title
Almanach
Production Countries
United Kingdom,Germany,Finland,Sweden
Dialogue
Yes
Sound
Yes
Cast
Monika Czyzyk (Author), Monika Czyzyk (Cinematographer), Neil Luck (Composer), Neil Luck (Director), Monika Czyzyk (Director), Monika Czyzyk (Editor), Neil Luck (Editor), Monika Czyzyk (Producer), Neil Luck (Producer), Monika Czyzyk (Script), Neil Luck (Script), Neil Luck (Sound Design), Tatiana Vanessa Lopez Churata (Actor), Boris Müller (Actor), Lenka Černota (Actor), Jürgen Essl (Actor), Carlos Gutiérrez Quiroga (Actor), Taiteen edistämiskeskus (Funder)
Press Photos
Monika Czyżyk is a Polish visual artist based in Helsinki, Finland. She works with dirty media: moving images, VR and clay within the context of experimental documentaries and socially engaged projects. Monika collects clay from a variety of places and uses it to create spiritually driven clay window paintings. Her working methodology is divided into travel-led and site-specific research and studio practices based on Vartiosaari Island in Helsinki, where she is part of the Vartiosaari Island association. She considers the island as an active partner and collaborator in all her projects. Her work has been shown in exhibitions and festivals including Malmö Konstmuseum, Sequences biennial, Reykjavik, Sinne gallery, Helsinki, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, and Floating University, Berlin.