all light on earth comes from somewhere else

all light on earth comes from somewhere else

by The Wallpaper Company

SOLD OUT!!

experience begins mid-april

experience culminates in may

would you recognize your own loneliness if you found it in someone else?
experience SOLD OUT!

more about the project

“all light on earth comes from somewhere else” seeks to reclaim lost queer futures from the wake of scrubbed archives, burnt evidence, fabricated ephemera, and rot. Immerse yourself in six intertwining storylines told through a series of letters, parcels, and transmissions that ask the question; would you recognize your own loneliness if you found it in someone else?

details for participation

"all light on earth comes from somewhere else" is comprised of six storylines that will be directly mailed to audience members. After purchasing your ticket you will receive a confirmation email which will lead you to a Google Form where you provide your mailing address. You must fill out this form in order to receive the piece! Individual storylines are each mailed out at their own pace so while you will receive all of them, they may arrive at different rates.


When to Join:

Tickets go on sale March 28th

Last day for tickets is April 8th

Last day to send us your address is April 8th


What You’ll Need:

The experience requires a mailing address (residential, business, or PO Box), an email address, a smartphone (we won't call you, don't be scared!), and internet access. 


Things To Do:

After signing up, please read and respond to your ticket confirmation email for details. In it is a link to a Google Form that will securely share your mailing address with us. If you do not fill out this form we will not be able to send you the piece!


What Will Happen:

Over the course of six weeks (well, roughly six weeks, depending on the speed of the mail) you will receive correspondence from six intertwining storylines. Some will lead you through internet blogs and video narratives. Some will come to you as lost library files, intercepted messages, and little love notes. Get lost. Get messy. This is a library, not a museum, so please: touch everything as much as you like.


Note: In an effort to make the piece as accessible as possible each piece of correspondence will be accompanied by a QR code which the audience member may scan to take them to our website where the text can be read by text-to-speech software. 

the
creative team


 solYchaski (@solychaski) is a duo comprised of Chaski No (they/them) and Sol Cabrini de la Ciudad (she/her). Maneuvering blur & rupture through expanded audiovisual performance/ installation/ engineering, Chaski's work deals with the cybernetics of desire and memory, visceral transgression, dysrhythmia, and discontinuity. Sol Cabrini (Trans)mits research between moving image, trans dysfunctional bodily conformity, and sound editing as a way of productive fragmentation. 


Noah and Genie
It all began with a silly art school class. Then strangers Noah Witke Mele (21) and Genie Pflum (23) met as students at NYU and quickly began to collaborate. Now as roommates, their collaboration continues with the Wallpaper Company. What better deal is there than making dinner and art with the same person? Noah loves sci-fi, Genie loves never following a recipe correctly, together they love recycling. Noah and Genie use they/them individually and collectively -- a singular plural. You can find them on instagram @noahwitkemele & @lava_lamp_princess

Federico Mostert (he/him) is a writer, actor, performer based out of New York and wherever the astral plane is strongest on a cold winter's night off in the woods behind your house where you swore you heard a scream. Or was it a whisper in your ear? Recently graduated from NYU’s Tisch School for the Arts, he is interested in interactivity, exclusivity, and the absurdness of human values. He would also like to thank his parents for supporting him, as well as his friends and partners. ¡Gracias y que disfruten la producción! 


Ezra Fisher (he/him) is a New York based lighting designer. He has lit plays and musicals at RAVE festival, Winterfest 2020, Summerfest 2019, and Emerging Artists in Theatre (EAT) Festival. He has also written and directed several short films and plays. He is a fan of psychological and weird horror, with inspiration coming from artists like Junji Ito and Guillermo del Toro.

Elsa Lepecki Bean (she/her) is a Brazilian-American theatre and visual artist. She is a graduate of NYU Tisch with a double major in both Drama and Performance Studies and was honored as a Performance Studies Emerging Scholar for her work on pre-modern lesbian pornography and Enlightenment identity. This past summer she was a resident in the Orchard Project’s Liveness Lab and produced and directed her original play, THE INDISCREET TOYS. Her performances and pieces draw on the intersections between queerness, gender, the archive, and death. elsalepeckibean.com


Adam O’Connell (he/him) is a trans actor and writer based in New York. He is a recent grad from NYU Tisch with a BFA in Drama, and has worked in the live events and entertainment industry for five years, with work at The New York Renaissance Faire and Walt Disney World. He is currently the co-host and head writer for the horror comedy podcast The Great American Scream. He finds his greatest inspiration from coming of age films, 80's slasher movies, forgotten queer historical figures, and campy theme park shows.
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