Alexandra Bokova was asked to create a new ident for MTV that would go live on the iconic channel over International Women’s Day. Aleks’ animation takes us from the patriarchal past to the “fabulous feminist future” – as the artist says. “I wanted to reference the vast topic of IWD and my personal vision, while playing with the crazy and experimental style of past MTV idents.
Aleks's three female forms ride a pink cheetah through a lush, magical jungle in her beautifully globby 3D style, landing in giantesses' hands that lift them skywards representing women raising women.
Six years ago we started with a simple idea: artists come first. Not sometimes. Not when it’s convenient. Always.
Everything we did came from that. Every decision, every collaboration, every piece of work.
We built something around the people who make the work, not the people who sell it. A loose, global collective of individuals who didn’t fit neatly anywhere else, and were never meant to.
Difference wasn’t a problem to solve. It was the point. And the work only worked because we trusted the people making it. Completely. No interference. No bullshit.
To the artists: this was yours. It always was. Every project we’re proud of has your mark all over it. You made it matter.
To the clients who got it, who backed instinct over caution, who chose something real over something safe, thank you.
The Different Folk was never ours to keep. It belongs to the artists, and they’re still out there. Find them. Work with them. Pay them properly.