Cryptid

2025
Music Video Art, 6m 12s

Between metamorphosis and rebirth – a visceral crossing through twisted olive wood that blurs the line between music video and contemporary art.
This video introduces Cristiano Panepuccia's multidisciplinary musical project Crystal Philtre, while doubling as the third movement of the video art cycle "Through Shadow and Light", which began in 2012 with "K" and continued in 2017 with "Φ", a body of work that investigates the intimate territories of human transformation.

Music: Crystal Philtre 
Direction: APOTROPIA
Director of Photography: Davide Stampa

Costumes & Makeup: Antonella Mignone
Performer: Cristiano Panepuccia



APOTROPIA (Antonella Mignone + Cristiano Panepuccia) 2021