Sacro Bosco, by Flora Yin Wong

Sacro Bosco

by Flora Yin Wong

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habuk.tohuvabohu All I can say is that, from my experience, all of Flora Yin Wong's work beginning from 'Holy Palm' is quite 'ajna'-sensitive, meaning that it really stimulates the unconscious [in terms of my understanding on what the 'kundalini' awakening actually is]. The only other stuff with a similar effect on me are Coil's 'Time Machines' & 'Musick to Play in the Dark' Favorite track: Reaping The Field.

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Sacro Bosco
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Commissioned for an artist residency at the Mahler & LeWitt Studios in Spoleto, Italy in partnership with Shedhalle Zurich, Sacro Bosco explores the region’s holy mountain of Monteluco (Latin: lucus - a wood sacred to Jupiter), and its myths of saintly protection. Taking form as a sound installation in Piazza della Genga during a full moon, over 50 hand-drawn talismans, invoking the spirits of the surrounding forest and beyond, were nailed to the walls to create a universal sacred space.

This final part of the project releases the installation recordings on a limited run of 50 cassette tapes - each wrapped in one of the original talismans - inked in black and cinnabar (as historically vermilion was regarded as the colour of blood, thus the colour of life), depicting the emblems and living spirits of wild boars, snakes, and trees in the surrounding forest.

With thanks to Mahler & LeWitt Studios, Shedhalle Zurich, La Mama Umbria International, Guy Robertson, nick von kleist & Michelangelo Miccolis, Jase Cooper on design, Tommaso Faraci and Ciaran Jacob.

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Commissioned for an artist residency at the Mahler & LeWitt Studios in Spoleto, Italy in partnership with Shedhalle Zurich, the Sacro Bosco tape explores various themes from the region’s holy mountain of Monteluco (Latin: lucus - a wood sacred to Jupiter), and its myths of saintly protection.

Taking form as an installation in Piazza della Genga during a full moon, over 50 hand-drawn talismans invoking the spirits of the surrounding forest and beyond were nailed to the walls to create a 'universal sacred space'.

Whilst the use of protective paper talismans (ofuda/fulu) is typical to Daoist practice, Sacro Bosco attempts to observe and unify the local collective religious beliefs of Catholicism and the Pagan god Jupiter. Inspired by a tale about the patron saint of Spoleto, Pontianius, and how in 1703, on his feast day, earthquakes affected the entire region of Italy, save Spoleto.

The final part of the project will release the sound pieces on two sides of a limited run of 50 cassette tapes - each wrapped in one of the original talismans - inked in black and cinnabar (as historically vermilion was regarded as the colour of blood, thus the colour of life), depicting the emblems and living spirits of wild boars, snakes, and trees in the surrounding forest.

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released March 25, 2022

With thanks to Mahler & LeWitt Studios, Shedhalle Zurich, La Mama Umbria International, Guy Robertson, nick von kleist & Michelangelo Miccolis, Jase Cooper on design, Tommaso Faraci and Ciaran Jacob.

Some recording locations:
-Basilica of Assisi
-Convent of San Francesco, Monteluco
-Sacred wood of Monteluco
-Voices/ambience, Piazza Della Genga
-Car radio
-Music box shamisen, gong, Korean 진고 drum, donkey skull, Tibetan ཏིང་ཤགས bells from La Mama Umbria International

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Flora Yin Wong London, UK

Modern Love / PAN

discography

Sacro Bosco

Mar 2022
The Sacrifice

Nov 2021
Holy Palm

Oct 2020
Alpine

Aug 2020
Santa Eulalia

Aug 2020
Kowtow

Apr 2020
Multitudes

Apr 2020
Nymph

Apr 2020

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