In Praise Of Darkness

Original title: Elogio a la oscuridad

Deep in Ecuador’s Mullumica Valley, figures are busy extracting obsidian, an opaque volcanic rock. The rock then begins its metamorphosis, transported from the quarry to the pristine confines of a laboratory where it takes on its ultimate role  –  as a replacement for the director’s artificial eye. A mineral chronicle charting the course of healing.

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