menu
BY JEMMA FOSTER
Ales Stenar (Ale’s stones) sit on the coast of the Baltic Sea on the hills above Kåseberga just east of Ystad in Sweden. The 59 stones are thought to represent the formation of a Viking longship; 67 metres long and 19 metres wide at the widest point. The monument is believed to originate from the early Iron Age (500-1,000 AD). Its origin is unknown, perhaps a burial site for the grave of a mythic King, but more likely it appears to be an ancient astronomical clock, as the stones are positioned so that the sun goes down at the north-western corner in summer and rises exactly at the opposite corner in winter.
Stanton Drew stone circle preserves the third largest complex of standing stones in England, built around 2500 BC, during the late Neolithic period. A significant ceremonial site on the floodplain of the River Chew, the site consists of three circles, one large and two small. The Great Circle, at 113 metres (370 feet) across, has 26 surviving upright stones. Geophysical surveys have demonstrated that inside the circle there would have been nine concentric rings of wooden posts, each standing several metres tall, making it the largest and most complex timber monument known in the British Isles.
INSTALLATION
𝘋𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 is an immersive space for more-than-human magic making. In the practice of social dreaming, dreams exist as independent entities with agency, seeking a dreamer to express themselves through. As dreams experience our reality, they materialise into being. Referencing the Tsukumogami - Japanese objects that become liberated and animated by spirit after 100 years of service – these sacred stones are formed from fossilised dreams created when dreams have visited dreamers for 10,000 years.
Two films play on a loop on opposite screens. One is of Stanton Drew Stone Circle, Somerset, UK and the other is Ales Stenar, Kåseberga in Österlen, Sweden. The soundtrack is composed of biodata frequencies and field recordings of volcanic rock and meteorite.
Sit or lie down, close your eyes and dream the stones into being.
CREDITS
Concept, film and spoken word by Jemma Foster.
Composition and sound design by Semantica (Jemma Foster and Camilla French) and Juan Cortés.
Ales Stenar (Ale’s stones) sit on the coast of the Baltic Sea on the hills above Kåseberga just east of Ystad in Sweden. The 59 stones are thought to represent the formation of a Viking longship; 67 metres long and 19 metres wide at the widest point. The monument is believed to originate from the early Iron Age (500-1,000 AD). Its origin is unknown, perhaps a burial site for the grave of a mythic King, but more likely it appears to be an ancient astronomical clock, as the stones are positioned so that the sun goes down at the north-western corner in summer and rises exactly at the opposite corner in winter.
Stanton Drew stone circle preserves the third largest complex of standing stones in England, built around 2500 BC, during the late Neolithic period. A significant ceremonial site on the floodplain of the River Chew, the site consists of three circles, one large and two small. The Great Circle, at 113 metres (370 feet) across, has 26 surviving upright stones. Geophysical surveys have demonstrated that inside the circle there would have been nine concentric rings of wooden posts, each standing several metres tall, making it the largest and most complex timber monument known in the British Isles.
INSTALLATION
𝘋𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 is an immersive space for more-than-human magic making. In the practice of social dreaming, dreams exist as independent entities with agency, seeking a dreamer to express themselves through. As dreams experience our reality, they materialise into being. Referencing the Tsukumogami - Japanese objects that become liberated and animated by spirit after 100 years of service – these sacred stones are formed from fossilised dreams created when dreams have visited dreamers for 10,000 years.
Two films play on a loop on opposite screens. One is of Stanton Drew Stone Circle, Somerset, UK and the other is Ales Stenar, Kåseberga in Österlen, Sweden. The soundtrack is composed of biodata frequencies and field recordings of volcanic rock and meteorite.
Sit or lie down, close your eyes and dream the stones into being.
CREDITS
Concept, film and spoken word by Jemma Foster.
Composition and sound design by Semantica (Jemma Foster and Camilla French) and Juan Cortés.
Jemma Foster is a creative director, curator, writer, artist and founder of Wild Alchemy Lab, Mama Xanadu and Semantica.
BY JEMMA FOSTER
Ales Stenar (Ale’s stones) sit on the coast of the Baltic Sea on the hills above Kåseberga just east of Ystad in Sweden. The 59 stones are thought to represent the formation of a Viking longship; 67 metres long and 19 metres wide at the widest point. The monument is believed to originate from the early Iron Age (500-1,000 AD). Its origin is unknown, perhaps a burial site for the grave of a mythic King, but more likely it appears to be an ancient astronomical clock, as the stones are positioned so that the sun goes down at the north-western corner in summer and rises exactly at the opposite corner in winter.
Stanton Drew stone circle preserves the third largest complex of standing stones in England, built around 2500 BC, during the late Neolithic period. A significant ceremonial site on the floodplain of the River Chew, the site consists of three circles, one large and two small. The Great Circle, at 113 metres (370 feet) across, has 26 surviving upright stones. Geophysical surveys have demonstrated that inside the circle there would have been nine concentric rings of wooden posts, each standing several metres tall, making it the largest and most complex timber monument known in the British Isles.
INSTALLATION
𝘋𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 is an immersive space for more-than-human magic making. In the practice of social dreaming, dreams exist as independent entities with agency, seeking a dreamer to express themselves through. As dreams experience our reality, they materialise into being. Referencing the Tsukumogami - Japanese objects that become liberated and animated by spirit after 100 years of service – these sacred stones are formed from fossilised dreams created when dreams have visited dreamers for 10,000 years.
Two films play on a loop on opposite screens. One is of Stanton Drew Stone Circle, Somerset, UK and the other is Ales Stenar, Kåseberga in Österlen, Sweden. The soundtrack is composed of biodata frequencies and field recordings of volcanic rock and meteorite.
Sit or lie down, close your eyes and dream the stones into being.
CREDITS
Concept, film and spoken word by Jemma Foster.
Composition and sound design by Semantica (Jemma Foster and Camilla French) and Juan Cortés.
Ales Stenar (Ale’s stones) sit on the coast of the Baltic Sea on the hills above Kåseberga just east of Ystad in Sweden. The 59 stones are thought to represent the formation of a Viking longship; 67 metres long and 19 metres wide at the widest point. The monument is believed to originate from the early Iron Age (500-1,000 AD). Its origin is unknown, perhaps a burial site for the grave of a mythic King, but more likely it appears to be an ancient astronomical clock, as the stones are positioned so that the sun goes down at the north-western corner in summer and rises exactly at the opposite corner in winter.
Stanton Drew stone circle preserves the third largest complex of standing stones in England, built around 2500 BC, during the late Neolithic period. A significant ceremonial site on the floodplain of the River Chew, the site consists of three circles, one large and two small. The Great Circle, at 113 metres (370 feet) across, has 26 surviving upright stones. Geophysical surveys have demonstrated that inside the circle there would have been nine concentric rings of wooden posts, each standing several metres tall, making it the largest and most complex timber monument known in the British Isles.
INSTALLATION
𝘋𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 is an immersive space for more-than-human magic making. In the practice of social dreaming, dreams exist as independent entities with agency, seeking a dreamer to express themselves through. As dreams experience our reality, they materialise into being. Referencing the Tsukumogami - Japanese objects that become liberated and animated by spirit after 100 years of service – these sacred stones are formed from fossilised dreams created when dreams have visited dreamers for 10,000 years.
Two films play on a loop on opposite screens. One is of Stanton Drew Stone Circle, Somerset, UK and the other is Ales Stenar, Kåseberga in Österlen, Sweden. The soundtrack is composed of biodata frequencies and field recordings of volcanic rock and meteorite.
Sit or lie down, close your eyes and dream the stones into being.
CREDITS
Concept, film and spoken word by Jemma Foster.
Composition and sound design by Semantica (Jemma Foster and Camilla French) and Juan Cortés.
Jemma Foster is a creative director, curator, writer, artist and founder of Wild Alchemy Lab, Mama Xanadu and Semantica.
BY JEMMA FOSTER
Ales Stenar (Ale’s stones) sit on the coast of the Baltic Sea on the hills above Kåseberga just east of Ystad in Sweden. The 59 stones are thought to represent the formation of a Viking longship; 67 metres long and 19 metres wide at the widest point. The monument is believed to originate from the early Iron Age (500-1,000 AD). Its origin is unknown, perhaps a burial site for the grave of a mythic King, but more likely it appears to be an ancient astronomical clock, as the stones are positioned so that the sun goes down at the north-western corner in summer and rises exactly at the opposite corner in winter.
Stanton Drew stone circle preserves the third largest complex of standing stones in England, built around 2500 BC, during the late Neolithic period. A significant ceremonial site on the floodplain of the River Chew, the site consists of three circles, one large and two small. The Great Circle, at 113 metres (370 feet) across, has 26 surviving upright stones. Geophysical surveys have demonstrated that inside the circle there would have been nine concentric rings of wooden posts, each standing several metres tall, making it the largest and most complex timber monument known in the British Isles.
INSTALLATION
𝘋𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 is an immersive space for more-than-human magic making. In the practice of social dreaming, dreams exist as independent entities with agency, seeking a dreamer to express themselves through. As dreams experience our reality, they materialise into being. Referencing the Tsukumogami - Japanese objects that become liberated and animated by spirit after 100 years of service – these sacred stones are formed from fossilised dreams created when dreams have visited dreamers for 10,000 years.
Two films play on a loop on opposite screens. One is of Stanton Drew Stone Circle, Somerset, UK and the other is Ales Stenar, Kåseberga in Österlen, Sweden. The soundtrack is composed of biodata frequencies and field recordings of volcanic rock and meteorite.
Sit or lie down, close your eyes and dream the stones into being.
CREDITS
Concept, film and spoken word by Jemma Foster.
Composition and sound design by Semantica (Jemma Foster and Camilla French) and Juan Cortés.
Ales Stenar (Ale’s stones) sit on the coast of the Baltic Sea on the hills above Kåseberga just east of Ystad in Sweden. The 59 stones are thought to represent the formation of a Viking longship; 67 metres long and 19 metres wide at the widest point. The monument is believed to originate from the early Iron Age (500-1,000 AD). Its origin is unknown, perhaps a burial site for the grave of a mythic King, but more likely it appears to be an ancient astronomical clock, as the stones are positioned so that the sun goes down at the north-western corner in summer and rises exactly at the opposite corner in winter.
Stanton Drew stone circle preserves the third largest complex of standing stones in England, built around 2500 BC, during the late Neolithic period. A significant ceremonial site on the floodplain of the River Chew, the site consists of three circles, one large and two small. The Great Circle, at 113 metres (370 feet) across, has 26 surviving upright stones. Geophysical surveys have demonstrated that inside the circle there would have been nine concentric rings of wooden posts, each standing several metres tall, making it the largest and most complex timber monument known in the British Isles.
INSTALLATION
𝘋𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 is an immersive space for more-than-human magic making. In the practice of social dreaming, dreams exist as independent entities with agency, seeking a dreamer to express themselves through. As dreams experience our reality, they materialise into being. Referencing the Tsukumogami - Japanese objects that become liberated and animated by spirit after 100 years of service – these sacred stones are formed from fossilised dreams created when dreams have visited dreamers for 10,000 years.
Two films play on a loop on opposite screens. One is of Stanton Drew Stone Circle, Somerset, UK and the other is Ales Stenar, Kåseberga in Österlen, Sweden. The soundtrack is composed of biodata frequencies and field recordings of volcanic rock and meteorite.
Sit or lie down, close your eyes and dream the stones into being.
CREDITS
Concept, film and spoken word by Jemma Foster.
Composition and sound design by Semantica (Jemma Foster and Camilla French) and Juan Cortés.
Jemma Foster is a creative director, curator, writer, artist and founder of Wild Alchemy Lab, Mama Xanadu and Semantica.
BY JEMMA FOSTER
Ales Stenar (Ale’s stones) sit on the coast of the Baltic Sea on the hills above Kåseberga just east of Ystad in Sweden. The 59 stones are thought to represent the formation of a Viking longship; 67 metres long and 19 metres wide at the widest point. The monument is believed to originate from the early Iron Age (500-1,000 AD). Its origin is unknown, perhaps a burial site for the grave of a mythic King, but more likely it appears to be an ancient astronomical clock, as the stones are positioned so that the sun goes down at the north-western corner in summer and rises exactly at the opposite corner in winter.
Stanton Drew stone circle preserves the third largest complex of standing stones in England, built around 2500 BC, during the late Neolithic period. A significant ceremonial site on the floodplain of the River Chew, the site consists of three circles, one large and two small. The Great Circle, at 113 metres (370 feet) across, has 26 surviving upright stones. Geophysical surveys have demonstrated that inside the circle there would have been nine concentric rings of wooden posts, each standing several metres tall, making it the largest and most complex timber monument known in the British Isles.
INSTALLATION
𝘋𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 is an immersive space for more-than-human magic making. In the practice of social dreaming, dreams exist as independent entities with agency, seeking a dreamer to express themselves through. As dreams experience our reality, they materialise into being. Referencing the Tsukumogami - Japanese objects that become liberated and animated by spirit after 100 years of service – these sacred stones are formed from fossilised dreams created when dreams have visited dreamers for 10,000 years.
Two films play on a loop on opposite screens. One is of Stanton Drew Stone Circle, Somerset, UK and the other is Ales Stenar, Kåseberga in Österlen, Sweden. The soundtrack is composed of biodata frequencies and field recordings of volcanic rock and meteorite.
Sit or lie down, close your eyes and dream the stones into being.
CREDITS
Concept, film and spoken word by Jemma Foster.
Composition and sound design by Semantica (Jemma Foster and Camilla French) and Juan Cortés.
Ales Stenar (Ale’s stones) sit on the coast of the Baltic Sea on the hills above Kåseberga just east of Ystad in Sweden. The 59 stones are thought to represent the formation of a Viking longship; 67 metres long and 19 metres wide at the widest point. The monument is believed to originate from the early Iron Age (500-1,000 AD). Its origin is unknown, perhaps a burial site for the grave of a mythic King, but more likely it appears to be an ancient astronomical clock, as the stones are positioned so that the sun goes down at the north-western corner in summer and rises exactly at the opposite corner in winter.
Stanton Drew stone circle preserves the third largest complex of standing stones in England, built around 2500 BC, during the late Neolithic period. A significant ceremonial site on the floodplain of the River Chew, the site consists of three circles, one large and two small. The Great Circle, at 113 metres (370 feet) across, has 26 surviving upright stones. Geophysical surveys have demonstrated that inside the circle there would have been nine concentric rings of wooden posts, each standing several metres tall, making it the largest and most complex timber monument known in the British Isles.
INSTALLATION
𝘋𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 is an immersive space for more-than-human magic making. In the practice of social dreaming, dreams exist as independent entities with agency, seeking a dreamer to express themselves through. As dreams experience our reality, they materialise into being. Referencing the Tsukumogami - Japanese objects that become liberated and animated by spirit after 100 years of service – these sacred stones are formed from fossilised dreams created when dreams have visited dreamers for 10,000 years.
Two films play on a loop on opposite screens. One is of Stanton Drew Stone Circle, Somerset, UK and the other is Ales Stenar, Kåseberga in Österlen, Sweden. The soundtrack is composed of biodata frequencies and field recordings of volcanic rock and meteorite.
Sit or lie down, close your eyes and dream the stones into being.
CREDITS
Concept, film and spoken word by Jemma Foster.
Composition and sound design by Semantica (Jemma Foster and Camilla French) and Juan Cortés.
Jemma Foster is a creative director, curator, writer, artist and founder of Wild Alchemy Lab, Mama Xanadu and Semantica.