Artist Statement
Ilya Minin (Eli)
Exploring identity, memory, and the digital uncanny through CGI, animation, and immersive media, Ilya Minin (Eli) brings his Rodchenko School training to craft artworks reflecting tensions between technology, memory, and constructed realities.
His centerpiece, EWP Project (2023), is a multichannel CG animation tracing a traveler’s return to a morphed, dreamlike hometown, blending decaying urban landscapes with abstract symbolism and collaborative sound and lighting design to explore personal and societal truths in the digital age.
Works like Last Day of Kasane Teto and interactive installations extend this practice, probing digital melancholy and the trauma of technological disembodiment through a critical, conceptual use of darkness.
Latest Projects
EWP Project
Poetic CG animation examining fragmented identity and memory in surreal hometown landscapes. Runtime ~10 min (2019–2023).
Dali Syndrome
Animated film focused on psychosomatic and cognitive recovery using AI-generated character movements (2023–present).
The Last Day of Kasane Teto
An emotional animation exploring mental health and connection through the poignant final moments of an iconic figure (2025).
Triple Baka
A surreal autobiographical animation blending Vocaloid folklore and existential themes, coming in 2025.