killud (eng. splinters)
short essay-film, 2020
performance by Maria Paiste
written by Bohdana Korohod and Maria Paiste
directed and edited by Bohdana Korohod
director of photography Elise Christin Jörberg
sound recordings by Michael Gugliotti and Robert Suun
sound design by Michael Gugliotti
with a fragment from Anton Chekhov “The Seagull”
audience Daniel Hozjan, Elis Järvsoo, Ljubov Terukova, Mailiis Laur, Markus Mölder, Viljar Rosin,
Villem Kreem
special thanks to Jürgen Volmer
supported by Tartu University Viljandi Culture Academy
Sharing similar colonial past in relation to Soviet Union and Russian Empire, Ukrainian artist Bohdana Korohod and Estonian performer Maria Paiste both were obliged to spend extensive school-time learning Russian literature. Both were particularly attached to the character of a young actress from the play “The Seagull”. And only as adults and in conversation with each other were they able to recognize the misogynistic and victimizing representation of a female artist along the call to endure suffering as a person’s natural condition.
In a series of conversations and exercises the two artists were trying to tackle the double consciousness that arises from being in the position of the oppressed. By doing that they were recording their dialogues and tracking the change towards more self-aware persons claiming their rights for happiness and respect.
The script of the short film is based entirely on those discussions.
