Episode 7:
“Un soffio pestifero nel cielo nero della notte, una candela brucia”

by Essenza Club & Dharma Initiatives at “Celestial Vault” by James Turrell, The Hague

2020-2021

A CANDLE IS BURNING

 

“Tied wanderers
Sick poisonous vapors gather around the heart and lungs
Forms in motion are thickened
sticks and stone in my body

 

Spasms of the distant, suffocating and humid southern winds
uncontrollable short circuits
screams and pink markers
Spirals in white and black, in one hit
Cold and acid sweat

 

Primordial experiences of sacrality
Of the intimate union experimented between man and nature
Death and renewal
Changing
To ensure the continuity of the vital force
where only the cold wind, coming from north, continues to not be found in the mirror

 

A candle is burning in the middle of the table
The smoke of green plastic and Scotch Lagavulin
LOVE written with a biro
I’ve always dreamed of dancing

 

A pestiferous blow in the black night sky
glassy bubble of nostalgia suspended in my mind
long red nails on the lights
take ‘em!

 

In the same bed his breath
Sometimes there is destruction
Why are you alive and still exist?
Reminiscence of memory: who are you?
What are you scared of? What have you erased in this place?

 

If even the words we had to say were interrupted
Sooner or later they will be linking parts needed to connect with someone
Remember
You’re alone, motionless in front of the entrance of the truth you have lost
and which you need to find out

 

Spasms of the distant, suffocating and humid southern winds
uncontrollable short circuits
screams and pink markers
Spirals in white and black, in one hit
Cold and acid sweat

 

A candle is burning in the middle of the table
The smoke of green plastic and Scotch Lagavulin
LOVE written with a biro
I’ve always dreamed of dancing”

 — Giulia Carpentieri

"A candle is burning" by Giulia Carpentieri, image by Matas Buckus & Pedro Gossler
"Celestial Vault" by James Turrell (1996), image by Adam Centko & Pedro Gossler
Lian Neeman as "Magician", "Celestial Vault" by James Turrell (1996), garments by Hee Eun Kim, wild sage from Shana, image by Pedro Gossler
Urbain Checcaroni, Riccardo D'Avola-Corte, Tristan Gac, Lucas Hadjam, Inside Job (Ula Lucińska & Michal Knychaus), Alessandro Nucci, Eetu Sihvonen, Cléo Sjölander, "Celestial Vault" by James Turrell (1996), Lian Neeman as "Magician", image by Pedro Gossler, cards designed by Marie Komatsu
Kristján Steinn as "Traveller", garments by Hee Eun Kim, "Celestial Vault" by James Turrell(1996), image by Pedro Gossler
Urbain Checcaroni, Riccardo D'Avola-Corte, Tristan Gac, Lucas Hadjam, Inside Job (Ula Lucińska & Michal Knychaus), Alessandro Nucci, Eetu Sihvonen, Cléo Sjölander, "Celestial Vault" by James Turrell (1996), Lian Neeman as "Magician", image by Pedro Gossler, cards designed by Marie Komatsu
Lucas Hadjam, card & goo designed by Marie Komatsu, image by Pedro Gossler
Urbain Checcaroni, card & goo designed by Marie Komatsu, image by Pedro Gossler
Inside Job (Ula Lucińska & Michal Knychaus), card & goo designed by Marie Komatsu, image by Pedro Gossler
Eetu Sihvonen, card & goo designed by Marie Komatsu, image by Pedro Gossler
Alessandro Nucci, card & goo designed by Marie Komatsu, image by Pedro Gossler
Riccardo D'Avola-Corte, card & goo designed by Marie Komatsu, image by Pedro Gossler
Cléo Sjölander, card & goo designed by Marie Komatsu, image by Pedro Gossler
Tristan Gac, card & goo designed by Marie Komatsu, image by Pedro Gossler
Kristján Steinn as "Traveller", Shana De Villiers as "Gatekeeper", "Celestial Vault" by James Turrell(1996), garments by Hee Eun Kim, wild sage from Shana, image by Pedro Gossler
Urbain Checcaroni, Riccardo D'Avola-Corte, Tristan Gac, Lucas Hadjam, Inside Job (Ula Lucińska & Michal Knychaus), Alessandro Nucci, Eetu Sihvonen, Cléo Sjölander, "Celestial Vault" by James Turrell (1996), Lian Neeman as "Magician", image by Pedro Gossler, cards designed by Marie Komatsu
LEAKS:
Urbain Checcaroni, Riccardo D'Avola-Corte, Tristan Gac, Lucas Hadjam, Inside Job (Ula Lucińska & Michal Knychaus), Alessandro Nucci, Eetu Sihvonen, Cléo Sjölander, "Celestial Vault" by James Turrell (1996), Lian Neeman as "Magician", image by Pedro Gossler, cards designed by Marie Komatsu

Episode 7: “Un soffio pestifero nel cielo nero della notte, una candela brucia” by Essenza Club & Dharma Initiatives at “Celestial Vault” by James Turrell, The Hague

Curated: Essenza Club & Dharma Initiatives

Text: Giulia Carpentieri + Track: Gigo8931, Voice: Vinnie Marakas

Participants & Cards: Urbain Checcaroni, Riccardo D’Avola-Corte, Tristan Gac, Lucas Hadjam, Inside Job (Ula Lucińska & Michal Knychaus), Alessandro Nucci, Eetu Sihvonen, Cléo Sjölander

Leaks: in.finit (Sound) & Christian Roncea (Editing)

Characters: Lian Neeman as Magician, Kristján Steinn as Traveller,
Shana De Villiers as Gatekeeper

Garments & Styling: Hee Eun Kim

Production & Cards Design: Marie Komatsu

Photography and Art Direction: Pedro Gossler

Camera(video): Adam Centko & Christian Roncea

Drone shots: Adam Centko

Sound: in.finit & Fjorsk

Editing and Storyboard: Christian Thomsen (Fjorsk) and Christian Roncea

Graphic Design: Matas Buckus

Web design: Kexin Hao & Szymon Hernik

Special Thanks to:
Stroom Den Haag
Tzvetnik
Marc Solomon
Jennyfer Haddad & Alessandro Nucci

2020-2021