Circle Saints (Stage+Lighting Design)

Circle Saints (Stage+Lighting Design) 2024

Stage and lighting design for the 2024 edition of Circle Saints Festival in Abruzzo, Italy.

The main venue was “Chiesa di San Bernardino”, a small ruined church standing on top of a lonely hill in the countryside of Vasto (CH), which appeared to me as a quiet yet very uncanny place. As the building is closed to public access for safety reasons my aim was to render it back to life as a living/dying landmark to be experienced from the fields outside. Next to the church, the stage was conceived to resemble the iconic setting of the Calvary, here deprived of its meaning for religious martyrdom and revisited through the lens of mainstream contemporary celebratory practices as a place where a crowd gathers in agitation to witness the happening before them.

Artists: @burrostudioradio @mattias.clay @ffffffferrari @bawrut_silencio @atweed.dj @europeanvampire @oltrefuturo @ketia4ever @matteo.dascenzo @treasure.island.music @discofritto @helloemmanuelle @populousmusic @miguelkarakaz @dvtis.dvtis @simonedekunovich

Reel ©Arsonars + Francesco Lovino

The ruined church concept /

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