DAU PROJECT
2008-2019. Multidisciplinary project. 700h
My Role: First Assistant Director Played a crucial role in the success of the DAU projects across Paris, Berlin, and London, leading to over 40,000 visitors and sucsufull production of 13 movies, 3 series and digital platform with all 700 hours of material captured on 35mm film. Managed comprehensive project elements from creative planning to coordination of international teams. In addition Coordinated the post-production process of up to 6 films simultaneously for the DAU project, enhancing the project's delivery and coherence across multiple locations.
Director: Ilya Khrzhanovsky
Moscow, Russia/Kharkiv, Ukraine/London, United Kingdom/Berlin, Germany/Paris, France
Production: Phenomen Berlin Filmproduktion GmbH,
Phenomen UK Ltd, Phenomen Ukraine and many more in co-production
DAU is an ongoing experiment, evolving from a biopic about a Soviet physicist into a large scale project - part cinematic cycle, part behavioral experiment - involving hundreds of participants from around the world. Combining elements of film, theatre, science, psychology, architecture, visual arts and performance, it has created a complex and absorbing world that has to be lived as much as seen. It's release will take place in Paris, 2019. Many of its participants are celebrated figures in the fields of science, art, theatre and film and are now DAU's ambassadors, such as Marina Abramović, Carsten Höller, Boris Mikhailov, Peter Sellars, Romeo Castellucci. In addition to the mentioned participants, the project involved, at various stages: artist Philippe Parreno, designer Rei Kawakubo, musicians Robert Del Naja (Massive Attack), Brian Eno, Vladimir Martynov, Tatiana Grindenko, Arca,Leonid Fedorov, Vladimir Volkov and many more.
