Ksenia Fedorova is a Russian singer-songwriter whose music can be described as melancholic avant-jazz folk. In 2021 Ksenia asked me for creating a design for her upcoming album "Песни птиц" ("Songs of birds"). This included visual concept, album cover, CD design, merch design and costume design as well as video art for the performance.
My goal was to convey the minimalistic northern airiness and a touch of natural asperity of this music through generative graphics which is my main artistic approach.
The recognizable images of birds were also an important part of visual message so I drew them by hand and then processed through the custom-made filter to match the style of other textures. These birds became a base for the merch as well.
Album cover and CD
Some of the album spreads with songs' lyrics. All the illustrations were made procedurally and then composed with Ksenia's poems; I've made the imposition for the whole packaging as well.
Album spreads
A silver pendant and two pins based on my birds and made by elaelae jeweler,
t-shirts in black and white and a costume concept for a performer.
The merch
The premiere of the album took place at the New Stage of Aleksandrinsky theatre in Saint-Petersburg and at DOM center in Moscow in 2021.
