Malevich Festival
Stage Design, Installation, Live Performance
2026
“Square of Sound” is a visual concept for the stage design of the Malevich Festival 2025. Inspired by six works by Kazimir Malevich, radugadesign developed a set for six live performances.
The key idea was to create a seamless environment without a clear boundary between the stage structure, visual content, and the surrounding landscape.
To achieve this, we built a virtual version of the stage and lighting setup. Real and virtual light sources operated in sync, with beams and reflections extending into the digital scene. Geometric forms echoed kinetic structures, while backgrounds referenced the natural environment. Generative audio-reactive textures were applied to the surfaces of the compositions.
This approach allowed us to maintain a unified visual language while adapting it for each performance, highlighting the distinctive character of each artist.
Credits
Creative director
Ivan Nefedkin
Producer
Alexander Rodnov
Art-director
Alexander Abramov
Stage director
Viktoria Stepanova
Supervisor
Ilya Vorobev
Technical director
Artem Zorin
TouchDesigner Developer
Stepan Yunusov
Media Engineer
Vladislav Dovgopyaty
UE developer
Alexander Shelkovov
UE Generalists
Evgeniy Evseev
Roman Saydulaev
3D modeller
Eduard Pronin
Lightning designer
Igor Nikitchenko
Alexander Churakov
Texture Artist
Maria Koreshchikova
Generative artist, VJ
Maxim Mikhaylov
Head of Communications
Anna Zagorodnikova
PR-manager
Alice Melikyan
Case graphic design
Roman Erokhnovich
Evgenia Nikolaeva
Video Editor
Anatoly Loptev
Videographer
Alexey Arkhipov
Next project
Museum of Siberian Heat