Tattoos Sand Sea And Sun Baikal Films Pojkart Avi -

Avi’s most famous work is the "Trilogy of Silica" - three 14-minute .avi files that depict a tattoo artist (Pojkart) trying to tattoo a client (an unnamed fisherman) while a sandstorm approaches the shore of Lake Baikal. The files are notoriously corrupted. Only 70% of the footage is watchable. The rest is static and hiss.

For a young artist returning from an urban center to a traditional, isolated lakeside village, tattoos represent self-ownership and an imported urban identity. Tattoos Sand Sea And Sun Baikal Films Pojkart Avi