«Astronaut» is an interdisciplinary project that includes a play, a film, an animated film, and a series of videos for a media installation. The first reading of the play took place at the Marble Palace in St. Petersburg in 2020. In 2021 the Russian Museum Multimedia Center presented a media installation exhibition that included videos on 21 screens.
«Astronaut» is a mockumentary story about time travel and unsolved mysteries in the history of the planet. The characters ask philosophical questions and become transformed when they discover hope for a miracle.
Participators of the project:
Creator, screenwriter, director, picture editor, animator Lera Nibiru.
Assistant director Natalia Medvedeva.
Cinematographer Maxim Drozdov.
Music by Valery Alachov and "New Composers", Igor Zalivalov, Marusya Nesterova.
Starring: Nikita Korol, Alexandr Matveev, Denis Starkov.
Artworks created by Lera Nibiru, Mitya Nesterov, Marusya Nesterova, Marja Dmitrieva, Veronika Rudjeva-Ryasantseva.
Exhibition сoordinator in Russian museum Veronika Abashina.