Performance Movies

After the enormous success of You Are Always Nearby, Simonova presented her next piece, titled Don't Be Too Late!, at the final of Ukraine's Got...

Pianowork 2 is an animated recording of me playing Jürg Frey’s ‘Klavierstück 2’ at Mimic Productions in Berlin on 22 June...

Where do I go from here is a performance arthouse-style film exploring the nostalgia of the concept of home in terms of home as a feeling rather than...

A sand animation piece dedicated to children born with congenital heart disease in Ukraine's Donetsk region. Created in connection with a pediatric...

A group of young men waltz in pairs, balancing with a glass between their foreheads. In this captivating setting, director Albert Rask crafts a new...

Based on an original concept by John Cameron Mitchell, this stunning sand animation merges haute couture with the magic of ephemeral art. Through the...

Commissioned for the 2011 Monte-Carlo Amber Chess Championship, this spellbinding live sand animation turns the game of chess into an epic, fluid...

On 13th December, which is known as the Google Day, Kseniya Simonova presented a brand new work of hers which was shown live during the on-line...

Kseniya Simonova devoted a sand story titled "Life Always Wins" to the March 2011 tragedy in Japan.

In this landmark performance, Barbara T. Smith collaborated with computer scientist Richard Rubenstein to generate 3,000 unique computer-produced...

The Lady of the Sand presented her sand short film "Beautiful Morocco" in July 2013, created for the Foundation of Her Royal Highness Princess Lalla...

In November 2012, Kseniya Simonova presented this new epic story, one of her most aesthetic and beautiful sand ballads, inspired by her Russian roots.

You Are Always Nearby is the defining work and the cornerstone of Simonova's entire career. The story follows a young couple during World War II: the...

This sand film is devoted to the memory of the tragedy of 11th September which was a great shock for the famous sand artist from Ukraine Kseniya...

This sand animation film is devoted to the holy memory of the last Russian Emperor Nicholas II and his Family. On 17 (4, Old Style) July the Russian...

Artist Fabiola Cepeda sacrifices her hair remaking herself into her Abuelo Pedro as a way of reclaiming the hostile space in Southern Carolina...

On December 25, 2009, Simonova performed this sand story in Valletta, Malta, during the televised charity marathon L'Istrina, at the invitation of...

Simonova recreated dramatic and multifaceted history of Lebanon at the request of representatives of the government of the country. Her sand film was...

This film is dedicated to the Russian legends that found their reflection in the Russian tradition of the artist and author Kseniya Simonova. The...

Surrounded by reflections of color, an ephemeral being explores the ethereal, sweet, and dangerous nature of sexual affection for another. It yearns...