Yuri Yefanov / We will definitely talk about this after the last air raid alert stops
This film, shot within a game simulation, focuses on the opposition between culture and nature and the possibilities of dealing with obsolete mechanisms of environmental exploitation. It's a utopia about a post-war city that launches a recultivation program. The program is an attempt to create a new society where the aims of people do not stand in the way of the aims of other people, trees, rivers, chipmunks, mushrooms…”
The game simulation was used as a platform to develop a speculative scenario in which humanity survives the challenges of the current century. Looking at the dystopias of the last century, we find them already embodied in today's reality. My hope is that the development of utopian scenarios also has the potential to exist in the future. I use hope as a strategy.
Yuri Yefanov (b.1990) is an artist and filmmaker from Ukraine. Born in Zaporizhzhia, he grew up in Crimea and graduated from the Kyiv University of Culture and Arts. His works use computer-generated imagery and game simulations to create digital dimensions of otherworldliness. In his practice, he examines the interactions of everyday life and politics by creating his systems or mythologies. Yefanov's projects have been shown at numerous film festivals and art venues in Europe and North America.
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