Unnamed

'Unnamed' is Popova’s first film, made during her MA at the Royal College of Art. The film is a personal account of the history of the artist’s hometown in Russia. Through a combination of personal and archival footage Popova relates the story of Ozyorsk, a ‘secret’ town built to house the workers of a plutonium plant that helped to create the Soviet Union’s first atomic bomb. Popova’s film relates how, in 1957, the plant was the site of a major disaster, responsible for releasing more radioactive material than Chernobyl.