Olga Michi. An Artistic Odyssey.
2024 | Documentary | 30 min. | Russia
Director: Vladimir Sumashedov
Producer: Olga Michi, Maxim Koveshnikov, Svetlana Ignatenko
ABOUT THE FILM
The documentary film explores the incredible and eventful creative journey of photographer and artist Olga Michi, as well as the art group she founded, "GrOM." Olga Michi began her path in photography with extreme shoots, traveling to the most remote corners of the world and constantly testing her limits. She lived with African tribes, searched for lost cities in the South American jungle, photographed great white sharks, and swam in a river teeming with crocodiles. However, at some point, she felt constrained by reportage photography; she wanted not just to reflect the world around her, but to create her own.
In her quest for this creative freedom, she found like-minded individuals: photography historian and researcher Alexey Loginov and art historian Artem Loginov. Together, they established the art group "GrOM," which is now at the forefront of contemporary photographic art. The authors create monumental canvases at the intersection of photographic and computer technologies, experimenting with artificial intelligence and addressing relevant and profound philosophical questions in their work. What is a human being? What place will they occupy in the near future? What path is humanity taking, and what are we overlooking?
The film's protagonists ponder these and many other questions, yet like any artist, they do not provide definitive answers, for as we know, a work of art is merely a springboard — it's the viewer who makes the leap.
In this film, the creators will open the door to the backstage of their high-tech art, introduce us to the process of creating unseen fantastical worlds, and demonstrate that a journey into the realm of contemporary photography can be even more captivating than a trip to an exotic country — and at times just as thrilling as swimming with crocodiles.
SHOWN AT DOCUMENTARY FESTIVALS:
- Winner in the Short Documentary Film category at the International Russian Film Festival in South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa
- Winner of the Trasimeno International Art Film Festival. Umbria, Italy
- Semi-finalist of the international film festival FilmArte Festival, Madrid, Spain
- Participant of the Chain NYC Film Festival. New York, USA
- Participant of the power24 Film Festival. Durban, South Africa
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