Alena Saveleva

Alena Savaleva is an artist and filmmaker whose practice centres on visual and non-linear storytelling shaped by non-human myths and presences. Her work seeks to decentralise the human perspective and re-enchant nature, with cycles of death and rebirth forming pivotal narrative themes that invite a calm, reflective engagement with impermanence. Drawing on a background in spatial design, ecological thinking, and entertainment design, her moving-image practice combines atmospheric worldbuilding with a refined visual language developed through both personal and commissioned projects.

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“Chants of Ocean Gods” is a meditative video work composed of three looped films that explore the cyclical rhythms of nature, where decay and death are integral to the continuity of life. Drawing on mythological symbolism and the repetitive structure of a chant, the piece dissolves boundaries between the human and the non-human, inviting a ritualistic mode of contemplation. Each film is devoted to the ecology of a key ocean species, using repetition and duration to evoke interconnectedness, fragility, and reverence for marine life.

"Chants of Ocean Gods"

2024