CHTHONIAN
REHAB, 2020
single-channel video, 7m 51s
Chthonian profile:
Western: ♊︎ [Gemini]
Slavic: Veles
Chinese: 庚子[Metal Rat]
The Mainline Group invites you to stick your shovels into the space between the waves of the pandemic and embark on a supermythical trip to analyse the post-COVID condition of distance.
Chthonian Rehab is an anthology of grief, tension and internationalism during the pandemic, following the digital dialogue of the Mainline Group members – Lena and Sofya.
"Today I had a dream I was at Lena's place in Sao Paulo. It had ceilings like courtyards of St Pete's and the rooms reminded me of the warehouses in Seven Sisters. The living room was colour green... with no dimensions.
In the middle of it was an altar-like sculpture made of wax and coated in gold. It was humid and hot in Brazil, so the centrepiece lady streamed down on the floor, mixing with wax and revealing the grief which was nothing but vicid."
"Today I had a dream I was at Lena's place in Sao Paulo. It had ceilings like courtyards of St Pete's and the rooms reminded me of the warehouses in Seven Sisters. The living room was colour green... with no dimensions.
In the middle of it was an altar-like sculpture made of wax and coated in gold. It was humid and hot in Brazil, so the centrepiece lady streamed down on the floor, mixing with wax and revealing the grief which was nothing but vicid."
