А.Ж.Ana Zhuk
Moving Image

Video

Music videos, performance documentation, and dance. Ana's video practice extends her photographic work into moving image — same visual register, same contemplative pacing.

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DEAD SELF music video, directed by Ana Zhuk

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Music Videos · DEAD SELF

An ongoing visual-and-music collaboration

DEAD SELF — music and lyrics by Brett Sanders, visuals and direction by Ana Zhuk. Nine videos to date. Music release forthcoming.

Still — DEAD SELF, Erase Me
DEAD SELF · 2026Erase Me
Description
Visuals & Editing - Ana Zhuk Music - DEAD SELF Music & Lyrics - Brett Sanders ©AnaZhukArt 2026 ERASE ME I NEED SOMETHING FOR YOUR TOUCH FOR YOUR LOVE I’M NOTHING WITHOUT YOU AND YOUR LOVE GIVE ME NOW ALL YOU’VE GOT MY DEAR AND I LOVE YOU SO MUCH SO MUCH AND YOU ACT LIKE IT’S SOMETHING WHEN IT’S NOT THIS IS NOTHING TO ME ERASE ME ERASE ME YOU THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IT’S NOT YOU THINK ABOUT ME WHEN YOU’RE ALONE IN YOUR MIND IN YOUR HEART I DON’T CARE YOU’RE NOT MUCH ERASE ME ERASE ME ERASE ME ERASE ME I DON’T CARE IT’S NOT MUCH
Still — DEAD SELF, On the Ground
DEAD SELF · 2026On the Ground
Description
Visuals & Editing - Ana Zhuk Music - DEAD SELF Music & Lyrics - Brett Sanders ©AnaZhukArt 2026 ON THE GROUND WHY DO I FIND MYSELF WHEN I’M DOWN ON MY FACE ON THE GROUND WHY DO I FEEL SO SAD WHEN I’M GOOD AM I BAD? MISUNDERSTOOD IN MYSELF IN THE DEPTHS OF THE GROUND ON THE GROUND HOW CAN I HEAL MYSELF WHEN I CHOOSE DOWN HERE IN THE DIRT IN THE MUD ITS MY CURE BE MY SELF THATS THE CURE KEEP YOUR PILLS AND YOUR WORDS LEAVE ME HERE IN THE DIRT IN THE MUD MOTHER EARTH BE ABSURD
Still — DEAD SELF, How Do You Sleep
DEAD SELF · 2026How Do You Sleep
Description
Visuals & Editing - Ana Zhuk Music - DEAD SELF Music & Lyrics - Brett Sanders ©AnaZhukArt 2026 HOW DO YOU SLEEP WHY? WHEN? DO YOU SAY? HOW DO YOU SLEEP WITH YOURSELF? WHEN DO YOU SAY IT’S TOO MUCH? GO DOWN IN YOURSELF IN THE DEPTHS OF YOURSELF I’VE SEEN IT I’VE SEEN IT I’VE SEEN IT IN YOUR FACE LISTEN ALONE TO YOUR SILENCE LISTEN ALONE TO YOUR SILENCE WHY DO YOU FEEL THE NEED TO LET GO? WHY DO YOU FEEL THE NEED TO STAY CALM? WHEN WILL YOU STAY? HI. WHEN WILL YOU SAY? ENOUGH I DON’T SEE THE WAY DOWN I DON’T SEE THE WAY OUT LISTEN ALONE TO THE SOUND LISTEN ALONE TO YOUR VOICE
Still — DEAD SELF, Down Here
DEAD SELF · 2026Down Here
Description
Visuals & Editing - Ana Zhuk Music - DEAD SELF Music & Lyrics - Brett Sanders ©AnaZhukArt 2026 DOWN HERE I DON’T SEE HOW YOU SAY YOU MIGHT CARE UNDERGROUND I DON’T FEEL I AM YOU DOWN HERE LET GO TO THE GROUND TO THE EARTH MY PLACE WHERE IT GROWS WHERE IT FLOWS OUT OF ME IN MY PLACE
Still — DEAD SELF, Sound of the Fall
DEAD SELF · 2026Sound of the Fall
Description
Visuals & Editing - Ana Zhuk Music - DEAD SELF Music & Lyrics - Brett Sanders ©AnaZhukArt 2026 SOUND OF THE FALL SOUND OF THE FALL DEATH FALLING LEAVES CRASH WILL I GO? WHEN I LEAVE? I CAN’T FEEL YOU PLEASE … SOUND OF THE FALL I HEAR A VOICE FELT THE CRASH LET ME GO I FELT THE CRASH BLOOD ON MY FACE GLASS IN MY EYES I CANT SEE YOU FEEL YOUR MIND FEEL YOUR TOUCH WHERE ARE YOU I NEED YOUR TOUCH PLEASE LIFT THE WINGS…
Still — DEAD SELF, Only Sky
DEAD SELF · 2026Only Sky
Description
Visuals & Editing - Ana Zhuk Music - DEAD SELF Music & Lyrics - Brett Sanders ©AnaZhukArt 2026 IS IT REAL / ONLY SKY HOW DO I KNOW WHAT’S REAL IN THIS PLACE? …THEY SAY IT’S REAL I DON’T SEE ANY CLOUDS IN THE SKY … JUST HAVE FAITH I BELIVE MY HAND CAN TOUCH … MUST BELIEVE I BELIEVE I SEE YOU WITH A FACE … THE DEAD SELF ARE YOU REAL? … ONLY SKY CAN WE TOUCH IN THE PLACE WITH NO CLOUDS ONLY SKY
Still — DEAD SELF, Love Insane
DEAD SELF · 2026Love Insane
Description
Visuals & Editing - Ana Zhuk Music - DEAD SELF Music & Lyrics - Brett Sanders ©AnaZhukArt 2026 love insane i wanted to feel love touch lying on the floor to feel i wonder where you are nothing when say: “go” “enough” …nothing
Still — DEAD SELF, Waves
DEAD SELF · 2026Waves
Description
Visuals & Editing - Ana Zhuk Music - DEAD SELF Music & Lyrics - Brett Sanders ©AnaZhukArt 2026 Lyrics: WAVES I’m going to fall Like a wave Like the sound I could feel you through the wave Through your sound I think I could fly Like a wave Passing sound I’d like to fall in your arms Like a wave As it crashes around So could it be Are you here ? I can’t feel you Are you here ? I hear the waves crashing Onto my face Erase the lines That separate this place That hold you in line That separate space I hear the waves crashing All on my face I love the waves to smash me Erase me From this place Erase the lines I’m going to fall
Still — DEAD SELF, Waiting
DEAD SELF · 2026Waiting
Description
Visuals & Editing - Ana Zhuk Music - DEAD SELF Music & Lyrics - Brett Sanders ©AnaZhukArt 2026
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Performance & Dance

Documentation

Documentation of dance performances and creative laboratories. Tbilisi, 2022–2024.

Performance documentation
Performance documentation
Experimental & Visual Abstraction

Moving image as form

Visual abstraction made for noise music and sound-based work — an extension of the photographic register into pure moving image. Ongoing collaboration with Brett Sanders.

Still — Noise Music with Visual Abstraction #1
Ana Zhuk · 2026Noise Music with Visual Abstraction #1
Description
Visuals & Editing - Ana Zhuk Music - DEAD SELF Music - Brett Sanders ©AnaZhukArt 2026
Internal TODO

Add video work: (John 8:7)

  • Source: anakhocho.com/video-perf
  • Performance — gathering stones, biblical reference. Maps directly to her brand themes (biblical, archetypal).
  • Needs: embed, statement (already in EN on old site), year.

"I continue to lift the stones I threw first. Now I am in your place too." — references Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.

Internal TODO

Add video work: Harvest / Жатва

  • Source: anakhocho.com/video-perf
  • Biblical harvest as inner reckoning. Statement available in EN on old site.
  • Needs: embed, statement, year.
Internal TODO

Add video work: routine

  • Source: anakhocho.com/video-perf
  • Daily route to supermarket; repetition/anxiety. Two parallel sequences (inside/outside view).
  • Needs: embed, statement, year.
Internal TODO

Add video work: Don't turn around

  • Source: anakhocho.com/video-perf
  • Sodom and Gomorrah / Lot's wife. Strong biblical-archetype piece.
  • Needs: embed, statement, year.
Video stills available as prints

Selected stills from Ana's video work are available as limited edition prints, signed and numbered.

Still from music video
Still from [Music video]
Limited 1/25, signed
$300
Still from performance
Still from [Performance]
Limited 1/10, signed
$650
Still from music video
Still from [Music video]
Limited 1/25, signed
$300