PROLOGUE-NIGREDO
COLLAPSE AND REVELATION
IN THE WASTELAND
In a dark wasteland, fragments of myth and decay emerge.
Calypso and Odysseus appear as spirit and flesh — torn between divinity and destruction.The suspended balance filled with black liquid becomes a symbol of judgment and destiny.
Odysseus rejects eternity and chooses to return to the earth — the beginning of the alchemical black phase, where matter decays and the soul begins its transformation.
COLLAPSE AND REVELATION
IN THE WASTELAND
In a dark wasteland, fragments of myth and decay emerge.
Calypso and Odysseus appear as spirit and flesh — torn between divinity and destruction.The suspended balance filled with black liquid becomes a symbol of judgment and destiny.
Odysseus rejects eternity and chooses to return to the earth — the beginning of the alchemical black phase, where matter decays and the soul begins its transformation.
ACT 1–GUIDE ME
THE AWAKENING OF LANGUAGE AND FLESH
The scene opens under a black sun.
Calypso wanders among metallic ruins and stone inscriptions, searching for meaning in a broken language.
She confronts her reflection in a mirror chamber — a fragmented self, divided between memory and illusion.
This marks the transition to Albedo, the whitening stage — the awakening of awareness through language and flesh.
THE AWAKENING OF LANGUAGE AND FLESH
The scene opens under a black sun.
Calypso wanders among metallic ruins and stone inscriptions, searching for meaning in a broken language.
She confronts her reflection in a mirror chamber — a fragmented self, divided between memory and illusion.
This marks the transition to Albedo, the whitening stage — the awakening of awareness through language and flesh.
ACT2-WHITE HOLE
THE DESCENT OF LIGHT AND THE FIRE OF CREATION
Light and fire dissolve all boundaries.
Calypso and Odysseus speak as cosmic opposites — Father and Mother, Life and Death.Their dialogue becomes a ritual of destruction and rebirth.
The white light consumes the stage, symbolizing purification and spiritual awakening — the universe reborn from blinding radiance.
THE DESCENT OF LIGHT AND THE FIRE OF CREATION
Light and fire dissolve all boundaries.
Calypso and Odysseus speak as cosmic opposites — Father and Mother, Life and Death.Their dialogue becomes a ritual of destruction and rebirth.
The white light consumes the stage, symbolizing purification and spiritual awakening — the universe reborn from blinding radiance.
ACT3-RUBEDO
COLLAPSE AND RESURRECTION IN THE BLOOD-COLORED COSMOS
Inside the black hole, the world collapses.
The statue of Hercules crumbles — reason and heroism decay.Flashes of energy, pulsating nuclei, and red light mark the fusion of body and spirit.
Through desire, violence, and sacrifice, existence becomes one — the red phase of transformation and resurrection.
COLLAPSE AND RESURRECTION IN THE BLOOD-COLORED COSMOS
Inside the black hole, the world collapses.
The statue of Hercules crumbles — reason and heroism decay.Flashes of energy, pulsating nuclei, and red light mark the fusion of body and spirit.
Through desire, violence, and sacrifice, existence becomes one — the red phase of transformation and resurrection.
EPILOGUE-BRIMSTONE
EROS, DIVINITY, AND THE CIRCULAR REBIRTH OF THE WORLD
On a white mountain and beneath silver light, the world returns to its origin.
Human, animal, and divine merge — symbolized by the union of a white horse and a stag.Calypso and Odysseus dissolve into light and breath, proclaiming eternal life.
The world ends quietly, returning to nature’s first silence — the completion of the Great Work.
EROS, DIVINITY, AND THE CIRCULAR REBIRTH OF THE WORLD
On a white mountain and beneath silver light, the world returns to its origin.
Human, animal, and divine merge — symbolized by the union of a white horse and a stag.Calypso and Odysseus dissolve into light and breath, proclaiming eternal life.
The world ends quietly, returning to nature’s first silence — the completion of the Great Work.
Directed by LYCHEN(YUCHENLI), 2025
London, Southampton, UK
London, Southampton, UK
BLACK WASTELAND®