“Venetiae: Quintum Corpus” is a series of video-works prepared expressly for a joint performance with Lidia Kavina, composer and Theremin performer. They were created in Venice and dedicated to it. I have been living in this city for over half a year by now. My life here proved to be full of amazing, unexpected discoveries. I photographed umbrella pines in dense fogs in Alberoni, dunes and forest reserves in Lido and Pellestrina, lions with human faces in Venice and Chioggia, glass blowing in Murano, Venetian sky and courtyards and, finally, sinister bunkers and artillery fortifications left from the times of World War II.

Working on this series I used the philosophy of fluid flying screens in order to underline the world's fragility. One of the video sketches is dedicated to my alter ego "Duck-Man", his memories of the lost motherland and his perceptions of Venice. — Sergey Kishchenko