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elisa matvejeva

elisa matvejeva

visual + written storytelling

POETRY IN MOTION

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POETRY IN MOTION ◌

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London friends! Great news! ☀️

I will be joining @eliza_ind and @atlasazure for an evening of performance. In partnership with @metre.squared, it will be a cozy night of music and spoken word.

I’ve spent a good while working on this piece su

Went to a @rubina.kubs gig not too long ago, took some photos 📸 #yashica #35mmfilm + digital

Right off the coast of Portovenere sit three islands, each smaller than the one before. Isola del Tino in the middle is a military base. It is home to a lighthouse and its keeper.
The island is open once a year on September 13th to celebrate the day

in the summer breeze, the gateway guards a passage between worlds.
only the brave or the foolish dare enter. only the lost or the seeking dare be found. the windows are the eyes of this house, dare they see?
#yashica #35mm #kodak #cinqueterre

before the veil of night
settles across the sea,
watch it ripple in waves
in motion and free

#yashica #35mm #agfaapx400

Perfectly imperfect accidents ☀️
outtakes from a trip to La Spezia and its coastal neighbours, this film roll kept jamming for some reason and made some unintentional double exposures.
It’s like these images were trying to capture something b

recent portraits of @alisebokaldere shot in my living room with natural light, a reflector, and some heartfelt ponderings ☀️

I’ve been asking myself a question for a while now - what exactly makes femininity flourish?

In asking this, I find

A lil 35mm peek into a showcase I performed at last week.
I’ve been working on some cool stuff combining poetry and video art that has manifested into @syncerely__ . The project is currently taking shape and more will unfold in the coming mont

Shrouded in darkness
I shine a gleaming path to
arrive into morning
by the sea,
the crashing waves
and the whispering pines,
I see it all so clear,
so close
in the trembling night,
I am the light

#yashica #35mmfilm #bwphotography #poetrycommunity

live life as a prayer in motion.
as the shadows grow into solemn night,
I assume form with clouded conditions.
in the midst of winter
I am the shore,
awaiting a gentle hand from the sun
to stir and shake off what has kept me still,
wake and begin aga

escape to a world where nothing changes,
heart full, spring is calling
a walk on #35mmfilm #yashica

a collection of my favorite place to be at my favorite part of the day

textures and circumstances, a study of motion and shape, soft bends in curves

the world, I am learning, does not dwell in a narrative line

#ilfordhp5 #yashica #form

life has seen many changes and continues to swell around me in loving currents, nudging me forward

Before grown limbs and split atoms, before levity of word and timed brevity, before duality - all floated in the soup of singularity. An interconnected body, bound by chemical relation and proportional taxation, just a single entity swirled together,

July 5th 2018, Flowers I Should Have Thrown Away Yesterday was officially born into the world.
As words crossed over from abstraction into actuality, this collection was my first stab at honest expression beyond the boundaries of my mind.
I remember

A “better late than never” post about @asvoff_official at @3537org a little while ago in Paris.
Had a wonderful time with @flux.io showing two films “Elation” and “Earthrise” in the Conscious Fashion category. Big