Veillée 
stay-up-late evening, 2026

performance by Pita Kim
in collaboration with Martynas Nikitenka
with technical support from Łukasz Zuber 
 
Inspired by the rhythm of The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe, Veille unfolds within a former type foundry as a composition of layered temporalities. Interior fragments hidden within the space, recorded sounds of the building, and narratives from long-term inhabitants are set in relation to the material agency of the space. Narratives are reinterpreted through AI prompts and Ouija-board interactions, producing continuous overlaps between past and present.

Typefaces once produced in the building are re-materialised and reconnected through a networked system of wires and responsive devices, reactivated as a communicating sonic medium.

An electrical installation with flickering lights responds to bodies within a field of deconstructed furniture structured around a central chimney, operating as a proto–smart home system. From the chimney, steam and condensation gather on windows, automated curtains rhythmically darken the space, and environmental responses modulate presence, while memory and technology co-construct a shifting temporal field.

*Veillée refers to the French tradition of evening gatherings where listening and storytelling turn the home into a space of dreaming.