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THIS IS A THREE-CHANNEL INSTALLATION/ EXPERIMENTAL FILM, TELLING SIMULTANEOUSLY THE STORIES OF THREE WOMEN INTERTWINED. THEY COULD BE THE SAME WOMAN AT THREE DIFFERENT STAGES OF HER LIFE, SISTERS OR THREE GENERATIONS. THE STORIES ARE PERVERTED MODERN-FAIRY-TALE STEREOTYPES OF WOMEN WITHOUT A HAPPY-ENDING QUESTIONING IDENTITY, GENERATION AND MOTHERHOOD.
I CHOSE TO BASE MY INSTALLATION ON AN ANCIENT FAIRY-TALE (VASILISSA THE BEAUTIFUL: HTTP://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/VASILISA_THE_BEAUTIFUL) TO TELL A NEW ONE, AND MORE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT A MYTH, THE SLAVIC WITCH BABA YAGA, BECAUSE MYTHS ARE SOMETHING TO BE CARRIED ON FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION. THUS, THE FAIRY-TALE PERPETUATES AN IMAGE/STEREOTYPE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO QUESTION; IT CONTAINS CHARACTERS/ELEMENTS THAT REPRESENT VALUES/IDEALS, WHICH ARE FASCINATING THOUGH ONE DOESN’T REALLY BELIEVE IN THEM ANYMORE.
VED’MA IS AN ANCIENT RUSSIAN WORD, WHICH MEANT, WITCH IN OLD RUSSIAN, TODAY IT MEANS OLD MARE. THIS TITLE REMAINS AMBIGUOUS BETWEEN FASCINATION AND REJECTION, AS ARE THE CHARACTERS OF THE FILM.