Triskele & The Monsters Tools: A Solstice Invocation of Medusa Consciousness
On the Summer Solstice, three Gorgons, united by a Lunar Priestess, journey to the center of the spiraling tri-limbed labyrinth, an Anti-monument honoring non-dual, cyclical expansion. Calling upon the beaming sun, salty ocean, and three conjunction planetary bodies – the Moon, Venus, and Mars – they invoke the spirit of Medusa Consciousness and awareness that recent reflections on her myth have reawakened. Centering reclaimed narratives of Monsterized, Othered beings, their collective spell aims to restore connections of the mind and heart, land and sea, welcoming a fully embodied Medusa into the space left vacant by the heartless, beheaded Boston Columbus monument.
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Ash CapachioneDirector
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Maria MolteniDirectorSacred Sheets, A Visitors Guide to Orientation on Spectacle Island
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Ash CapachioneCameras, Animation, Music, Sound Design
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Maria MolteniCreative Director + Creator of Painted Artwork
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Molteni, Caponigro, CampagnaRitual Development Collaborators
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Molteni, Caponigro, Alicenne ReidCostume Design + Fabrication
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Molteni, Caponigro, Laura GanciKey Cast"Gorgon"
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Laura CampagnaKey Cast"High Priestess"
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Chris RucinskiAerial Footage
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Project Type:Animation, Documentary, Experimental, Music Video, Short, Web / New Media, Other
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Genres:Magic, Art film, Psychadelic, Surreal, Experimental, Performance
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Runtime:6 minutes
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Completion Date:October 11, 2023
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Production Budget:6,000 USD
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Country of Origin:United States
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Country of Filming:United States
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Language:No Dialogue
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Shooting Format:Digital + Drone
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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GRRLHAUS CinemaBoston
United States
April 18, 2024
Official Selection -
Working Title by Project BLANKSan Diego, CA
United States
January 11, 2024 -
17 Days Video SeriesAlfred, NY
United States
November 17, 2023 -
17 Days Video SeriesKalamazoo, Michigan
United States
November 17, 2023
“Triskele & The Monster’s Tools: A Solstice Invocation of Medusa Consciousness” is the culmination of a layered collaboration between queer, non-binary Italian American artists with ties to Massachusetts. Commissioned to create a public artwork in Boston’s historically Italian-American North End neighborhood, Maria Molteni invited Ash Capachione, Laura Campagna, Vin Caponigro to activate and expand their painted installation “Gateway to Infinity” via performative ritual, publication, and video.
Ash Capachione (they/them) shot and edited/composed the film, complete with original sound and digital animation. Capachione is a San Diego-based audio/visual artist, motion designer and filmmaker
Maria Molteni (they/them) is an interdisciplinary artist, educator, and mystic, formally trained in painting, printmaking, and dance. Their hand-painted public groundworks- also called horizontal/anti- monuments, shape-shifting labyrinths, and altars to the sky- provide spaces for somatic spellwork and multi-media collaboration with the living and dead. Molteni works between MA / TN and is actively exhibiting internationally.
Laura Campagna (they/she) is a healer, artist, and educator who has been reading tarot and studying astrology since she was 13 years old. Her readings are intuitively crafted for each individual and informed by feminist interpretations of ancient mythology.
Vin Caponigro (they/them) is an interdisciplinary artist who blends accessible and egalitarian concepts with ritual and performance to explore ideas of restriction and reproduction through writing, performance, and the creation of multiples.
Ash and Maria have collaborated on multimedia sound, movement, ritual, performance projects in mostly queer underground art venues in Massachusetts since ~2009. For several years they were active members of a Boston art collective called Bathaus (named after Ash’s music project).