VIDEO-ACCOMPANYING TEXT BY THE AUTHOR /
When evolution reached a point where
single-celled organisms transformed
into multicellular bodies, Death was
born. Since then the great soul
harvest of Death has started and still
continues. Death is always walking
alone.
Thousands of years later, there lived a
girl who wanted to die more than she
wanted to breathe. Death heard her
prayers and came over to her.
– Dying is a form of art, do you want
me to school you in it? – said Death to the girl.
-Yes, please, was her reply.
And Death gave her a hand, inviting her to dance.
The girl touched the sticky fingers of Death and
regretted it immediately. Her neurons fired as she
tried to refrain from Death’s embrace. The girl
understood what a fool she used to be, wishing
for sweet relief of eternal sleep. But now she
ceased to exist. Death took her last breath. And the
girl finally learned how does it feel – being a burial
ground.
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The golden-brown light crawled into a white room
through a hole in the curtain and kissed the girl
on her eyes. The girl sat in her bad, naked and
worried. She had a strange dream that gave her
feelings she couldn’t explain even to herself. But
being alive felt beyond perfect, like never before.
Her hands were cold, she looked at them and found
earth beneath her nails.
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BIO / Sonya the Moon is primarily an illustrator but works with almost all artistic media. She was born in Russia and has been living in Prague, the Czech Republic, for seven years now. Currently, she studies at the Sculpture Studio at Prague’s UMPRUM and prior to that graduated from Charles University’s Faculty of Humanities.
At some point in her life, Sonya even studied applied physics but her love for drawing was stronger than her passion for algorithms and formulas. When she was a kid she used to go to the church with her relatives but the only things she liked about it were the wall paintings and icons. When singing in a church choir once, she was told that it is a sin to draw God, saints and related “stuff” but “what is life without a good portion of mischief?” Sonya’s style was basically shaped by medieval art. She thoroughly studied Christian iconography and the Bible in general but does not consider herself a religious person. She has her own set of beliefs and claims that her art is a critique of established religious norms, and also draws inspiration from medieval art, occultism and old traditions.
CREDITS
Text, concept / Sonya the Moon @sonyathemoon
Death / Vlado Afanasiev
Camera / Sasha Salangan
The text used in the video subtitles was taken from the Old Testament, Chapter 3 of the Ecclesiastes.
