custom printed postcards, custom laser engraved stamp, vintage and contemporary science-fiction postal stamps
Casey Wentzell
Fran Raskino
Shane Hayes
Charlotte Piersen
based on the Apollo insurance covers (often referred to as postcards or postal covers). A non-official financial safety net was created by astronauts because they were unable to obtain traditional life insurance for their high-risk missions. The Firewall Grove postcards were signed in character by four main live action role-players while locked inside the compound and mailed to the documentarian for authenticity and insurance purposes.
In this chapter of a sprawling episodic para-documentary film work, a sect has locked themselves inside a compound to shelter from an ambiguous crisis happening outside. When a stranger arrives seeking refuge, the group's prophecies slowly begin to unfold. Filmed over the course of a week locked inside a Dutch 19th century fort, an underground Cold War bunker, and locales in the walled city of Citadella, the character and narrative development progressed freely in realtime through a series of performance exercises, with the resulting documentation slipping between fact, fiction, and fantasy.
core collaborators:
Claudio F Baroni, Mae Ocampo, Matthew Carney, Corine van Emmerik, Carina Erdmann, Raquel Sanchez Galez, Luuk Van Huet, Sandra Maat, Phillip Morris, Koen Nutters, Ksenia Perek, Violet Patton-Ryder, Julia Warner
custom stamp designed by Laura Pappa