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Read like the Devil
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“Come be seduced by a real life Bond villain with her magical direwolf and invisible henchman. Camelia Elias trains her minions of tarot assassins with tough love and arms them with glowing red pitchforks, samurai swords and emptied minds that penetrate the unseen. Go see Camelia, if you dare and be damned to read your cards like the Devil for all eternity… The only thing to fear is missing a class signup deadline. I went from zero to competence in five weeks. Marseille Tarot without tears.”
– Jeff Silverstein, film and broadcasting
SCENTS
We use knowledge to remedy our human condition. But we can’t remedy the odors that enter our noses. Scent is such as we experience it, unadulterated. I’m interested in that.
In addition to weaving words, I blend perfumes. Old Testament style. The Song of Songs style. Nothing more, nothing less.
But while I fling my books indiscriminately to the public, I reserve my alchemy for the noses who already know what the world of desire is really about.
Under the signatures, AGGER SENSES and BLACK TULIP I create limited edition fragrances that come in the form of oils blends, botanical salves, solid perfumes, and alcohol double extract perfumes. If the latter, then top luxury.
VESSELS
I make porcelain vessels as part of my art project, The Danish Testament, about what we get to inherit both accidentally and intentionally. As I was fiddling with hundred years old linen, I though that if I were to give it my own touch, then it would have to be in the form of porcelain that I make myself from scratch.
Working with both clay and analog photography has been a rewarding act, as I got to think about the relation between our objects on the table, the eye that sees in the dark, and how alchemy informs both.