The Alchemist’s Guide to the City is a walked experience exploring alchemy as an engagement with the nature of the cosmos, and where the speculative notions of the medieval alchemist/philosophers are used as a filter for the contemporary world. Explore the city through the eyes of the alchemists, and discover the enigmas present in the world – and the ether – that surrounds us.
An experimental, prototype version of this work was presented at ELO 2017 in Porto, Portugal in July 2017, crafted specifically for the Mosteiro de São Bento da Vitória and its surrounding streets. The building- previously a Benedictine monastery- is on the Rua de São Bento da Vitória. Selected app screens below.
