Kseniia Pozdeeva is a visual artist whose practice bridges drawing, video art, and the exploration of existential themes. Deeply influenced by Russian Cosmism, her work engages with the ideas of immortality, memory, and the continuity of human existence beyond its physical limits.
At the core of Pozdeeva’s artistic method lies the desire to reveal the hidden and bring it to the surface; to visualize what is universally familiar on the level of sensation, but rarely articulated. Her Sonata For The Dead unfolds as meditations where invisible presences become tangible, and where the ordinary is refracted through fantastical dimensions. This duality allows her to merge the real and the imaginary, pushing the viewer to reflect on the ephemeral nature of being and the possibility of transcending it.
Her work, filmed in a cemetery, exemplifies this approach. The Sonata presents a landscape where the souls of the departed roam freely among the graves: some seeking peace, others struggling for the last chance to be noticed. Crows and restless plants animate the scene, reminding us that vitality lingers even in spaces marked by silence and decay. The statue of Christ placed among graves introduces a powerful symbol of resurrection: a cosmic gesture that frames death not as an ending, but as a threshold to continuity.
Pozdeeva’s art resonates strongly with the visions of the Cosmists, who imagined the eventual overcoming of mortality and the resurrection of all ancestors. Through her lens, these speculative ideas are not abstract theories but visual experiences: time collapses, presence and absence blur, and immortality becomes a perceptible possibility. Her work thus operates at the intersection of existential philosophy and artistic imagination, where cemetery transforms into sites of dialogue between the finite and the infinite.
By combining hidden sensations, symbolic imagery, and fantastical dimensions, Kseniia creates works that is both deeply personal and cosmically ambitious. Her practice invites us to question the fragility of existence while imagining the persistence of life in forms both visible and unseen.
Text: Anna Azens, art historian
