Solstice Invocation of Medusa Consciousness

On the Summer Solstice, Maria Molteni’s large scale painted groundwork “Gateway to Infinity (An Anti-monument)” was unveiled on June 21, 2023. Molteni and non-binary Italian American collaborators Vin Caponigro, Laura Campagna, Ash Capachione created a public ritual upon the newly finished painted artwork, a spiraling labyrinth representing non-dual, cyclical expansion at Triskele & The Monster’s Tools: A Solstice Invocation of Medusa Consciousness. Three Gorgons (Molteni, Caponigro, and Laura Ganci), united by a lunar Priestess (Campagna), journeyed to the center of the an Anti-monument, to invoke Medusa and the emerging awareness that recent reflections on her myth have reawakened.

Short Film: Triskele & The Monster’s Tools: A Solstice Invocation of Medusa Consciousness
Ash Capachione has composed a 6 minute experimental video artwork complete with original sound and animation they created for the piece. View the full film here.

Publication: MEDUSA ~ Myth, Memory, (Anti) Monument

A fifty-six page, risograph zine- designed and printed by Snake Hair Press including writings that contextualize the work and collaborative ritual on mythological, historical, political and poetic terms. Essays by art historian Liz Andres, artist Maria Molteni, astrologer Laura Campagna, and artist Vin Caponigro. Check out the black and white pdf version of the zine for free here.

Hard copies of MEDUSA ~ Myth, Memory, (Anti) Monument will be available starting on September 9th, Indigenous People’s Day in Boston, at the Gateway to Infinity mural on the Rose Kennedy Greenway located next to the Greenway Carousel and Boston Harbor Island Pavilion (across from the Long Wharf Hotel). The labyrinth is open for viewing and contemplative walking.

If you would like a copy of the zine to have and hold of your own, you can order directly through Maria’s website here. A portion of proceeds go to benefit the United American Indians of New England (UAINE).

It is our intent as Italian-American artists, in releasing the short film and zine on Indigenous People’s Day, to participate in the ongoing conversation about legacy, veneration, and public (s)heros surrounding the ongoing commemoration of Columbus Day. See our full press release here for more information. 

Check out Maria Molteni’s site for more information and inspiration on the Gateway to Infinity.