Mini series "Koronovani"
- Jan 18
- 2 min read
Mini series "Koronovani"
Koronovani is a six-episode animated mini series made and released during COVID. There was no big concept at the start and no attempt to explain anything in advance.
It was a period when everyone found themselves in roughly the same situation, but experienced it differently. At the same time — in oddly similar ways. That shared but uneven feeling became the material for the series.
How it works
Each episode is a separate fragment. Not a story with a beginning and an end, but a recorded state: a thought that gets stuck, a phrase that repeats itself, a feeling that is hard to articulate but easy to recognise.
The texts are built simply. There are no symbols to decode and no explanations of what the author “meant”. It is closer to saying out loud what, at the time, many people were hearing in their own heads but rarely voiced.
Animation
The animation does not illustrate the words literally. It exists alongside the text and sometimes behaves indifferently towards it. At moments it supports the voice, at others it drifts away or creates a pause.
Visually, the series is restrained and slightly enclosed — much like the period in which it was made. The limitations are not hidden or dressed up as style; they are accepted as a working condition.
What it is actually about
Koronovani is not about the virus and not about events. It is about a state in which small things start to irritate, repeat themselves, or take on disproportionate importance. About the sense that the world is functioning, but somehow incorrectly.
The title appeared almost accidentally and stuck. It is both literal and mildly ironic — like many things from that time.
Working format
The project was made by a small team, without production noise and without trying to expand it beyond what it needed to be.
Director, animator, scriptwriter: Kostiantyn Kozlov
Artist: Oleksandr Sheremeta
This way of working helped keep a consistent tone from episode to episode and maintain a sense of coherence.
Afterwards
Today, Koronovani reads as a fixed moment. Not a comment and not a conclusion. Just a trace of a time in which many people can recognise something of their own.
It is a project without conclusions. It does not argue or persuade. It simply exists — in much the same way that reality existed then.
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