A participatory ritual performance inspired by The Star card of the Tarot
Curated by Laboratorio Silenzio and Yi Ming Wang
📍 4:00 PM & 5:30 PM
RED
The garden becomes a ceremony, theater, and shared experience through performances that explore the connection between body, nature, and collective imagination.
Performers become vessels of the four elements — earth, fire, water, and air — and through gestures, stillness, and silent invocations, they channel energy across the living space.
The butterfly, delicate yet potent, dances through the ritual as a symbol of transformation and renewal.
This is an offering — to nature, to spirit, and to the invisible threads that bind us.
WHITE
In the heart of a hybrid and spontaneous garden, a universe suspended between past and present comes to life.
Ancient figures tied to an idealized vision of nature move with grace and mystery.
In a collective ceremony, these presences invite the audience into a sensory exploration of beauty and interconnectedness.
Among hidden pathways, the performance unfolds through secret gestures and unexpected apparitions — blending languages and bodies in a ritual dance.
An experience that transcends barriers, thanks to the participation of 18 deaf and hearing performers, who since February have embarked together on a theatrical journey in search of new forms of expression and connection.
INTERLUDE
Table Garden — Butterfly Energy Bottle
A living installation where science meets poetics, translating biodiversity into light.
In a glass “table garden,” native plants grow beneath an LED canopy, its glow shaped by real-time butterfly data.
As photosynthesis follows these luminous rhythms, the silent language of symbiosis emerges.
Encoded in Python, each act of citizen science pulses through the system, bridging technology and nature.
Inspired by Eastern philosophy, the piece embodies harmony between humans and the cosmos.
Amid shifting light and shadow, we invite you to weave a silent dialogue with butterflies, creating your own Energy Message Bottle, infused with herbs favored by butterflies — sealing a quiet oath of protection and preserving a fleeting encounter transformed into a lasting bond.
CREDITS
Direction & Art
Directors: Yi-Ming Wang, Serena Crocco
Art Consultants: Serena Crocco, Yang Yun-Yuh
Photography: Zhou Sheng, Mattia Azzoni
Design
Costume Design: Yi-Ming Wang
Fabric Design: Yi-Ming Wang, Cecilia Banfi
Fabric Painting: Yini Chen
Prop Design: Ya-Fen Chen
Crystal Design: Weng Pei-Chun
Installation & Workshop
Lead Artist: Fu Xinya
Performers
Yue-Ting Hung, Fu Xinya, Liu Yue, Marta Gavazzi, Yu Jingdan, Yi-Ming Wang, Chiara Grandini, Cecilia Banfi, Serena Crocco, Giulia De Lorenzi, Diana Di Tuccio, Federica Gazzotti, Petar Lefterov, Elena Lerra, Yue Liu, Giada Palloni, Monica Radaelli, Gaia Rossetti, Benedetta Solfrizzo, Joyce Tang, Carlo Maria Vella, Veronica Reika Veneroni, Jingdan Yu
