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(2018, Live A/V & 31 Min film, Super8>HD, B&W, Digital Sound)

Exploiting Aleister Crowley’s Liber 777 as structuring device; each image in the film combines to form a sigil. The performers evoke Chthonian rhythms to magnify intent. The music drives a hypnotic path through suspension of the mind into the realm of the senses.

The film lives in fluxus. The first version of the film was performed live with Halv Drøm as a double-channel projection on Super 8. The performance included several painted loops consisting of nail polish, bodily fluids, charcoal, chalk and emulsion scratches.

In the second version, the film material was digitised to accompany a 31 minute mix of Halv Drøm’s tracks. The format was expanded to include a third channel in the background. Each channel loops at a different point in time, resulting in various synchronicities both in image and sound.

Credits
A film by Johnny Welch
Music:  Halv Drøm
Performers:  Valentin Tszin,  Olyana Skrjabina, Helena, Saxon Jorgenson
Makeup (Helena): Sasha Noir Noir
Styling (Helena): Thea B. Adora ( degenerotika )
Telecine: Kornmanufaktur (Berlin)

Screenings
Dark Sun Rising: Director’s Lounge, Z-Bar, Berlin, Germany 2023
Contemporary Art Ruhr, Zeche Zollverein, Essen, Germany 2022
Director’s Lounge, Z-Bar, Berlin, Germany 2018
TheBrvtalist.com, Online Feature, 2018
Total Black Nacht 001, OHM, Berlin, Germany 2018