Biography

Olya Korsun is a filmmaker and writer whose works question the ways knowledge is built about the natural world and its phenomena. Her films and texts, always unapologetically personal and witty, invite the viewers to defamilirize themselves with what is considered ‘known’ and experience it anew, outside of tired orthodoxies of hegemonic knowledge. ‘The West Pole’ is Olya’s second mid-length film, shot on 16 mm film with her friend, cinematographer Sasha Kulak. The film is based on the research conducted during Olya’s residency at Sandberg Institute in collaboration with the marine biodiversity lab of Naturalis.