Murat Adash, Earth Aengel, Jordan Mouzouris, Anna Perach, Rafael D’Alo, Asuf Ishaq, Henrique Lazaro, Stan Lordanov, Paulian Figueroa, Pei-Chi Wu, Rafael Perez Evans and Giles Thackway
Incantations
05/27/2046 Canal Street New York Stories, poems, and experimental song spells.
Each a responsive incantation of their own, not just to the pandemic but to the ideologies that have seemingly crystallised these events. A counter to capitalist hallucinations and what has been their probable remedies so far. There’s a long history between the vocalised performance of incantations and the physical transformative healing process, blended together moving through the said infection of the mind, body or spirit. If survived, if healed, creating a period of rest and reflection. Enchantments, song spells or chants, all that can be found in the sound summons an action, a conversation, a song, between the healing and the curse. One could say that this current pandemic is both. What will be its period of rest and recovery while we grieve in its reflection? What are the hallucinations with probable remedies?Created by a spellbound group of artists that have been working together tirelessly in a communal kitchen for the duration of the lockdown. This work has come together as a result of global shifts and collaborative incantations.