Laika. The Last Flight

“Laika. The Last Flight” by Masha Godovannaya, digital video, color, sound, 4.25 min., 2017

Laika was the first dog which was successfully sent to the Earth’s orbit by Russians. One of the many Soviet space-dogs, the first cosmonauts, who paid with their lives for men’s conquering the Space. This film is a letter from the dead dog. Her haunted spirit re-tells the story of her heroic deeds and martyrdom. The letter is not a call for a revenge or restitution, it’s rather a document of a life, one of many lives that have been considered “disposable” and “killable” by the well-known human strategies of conquest and domination.