Votivo by Ida Sophia.

Created for a Ida Sophia’s re-staging of a work performed at The European Centre for Culture, Palazzo Mora, Venice, during The Venice International Performance Art Week, 2020, ‘Votivo’ is participatory work inspired by witnessing a priest snuffing out votive candles in a Bulgarian church, the artist holds a candle throughout the performance, allowing participants to light from her flame and writing a object of their votive act on her body, the performance ending when the candle burns out. The composition was to be a haunting accompaniment for these ritual actions. I used recordings of Gregorian chants, inverting and warping them to create a surreal and trance-inducing state in the audience.

You can hear the work on Soundcloud. More information about the work can be found on Ida Sophia’s website.