The Phantom
SmallBooth
Think Big:
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Zoltar, a wish-granting animatronic who exchanges 25 cents for Tom Hank’s most fabulous fortune.
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Think small:
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A streetside booth operated by a faceless Medium and her Magic Genie. Opening its hatch at dusk from a Friday to Sunday, this residency curates a safe and ethereal space for dreams to be heard, received, and celestially pondered. Participants are beckoned to write what it is they seek on a small paper square and engage in a silent conversation with the duo concealed behind an Oz-like curtain. The “Phantom Smallbooth” translates the wishes of curious passersby on a busy Dublin street into a typewritten dialogue.
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Where the ordinary meets the mystical, a sanctuary and serendipitous microcosm of Dublin emerges. It welcomes everyone; those looking to confess their wildest dreams free of charge and from scrutiny, put unspoken aspirations to words, or inquire about who sits on the other side of the curtain. Locals are invited to share their innermost desires while receiving cosmological musings and answers. The resulting non-fiction for the issue encompasses a collage of handwritten and typed dialogue, streetside observation, and superterrestrial reflections.
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Think BIGGER:
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A splash in the Milky Way, a ripple in tides, a twinkling of stars.
Art- Novu in the streets
Pica in the sheets
Madeline Schmidt
Madeline Schmidt is an American and multi-media designer based in Dublin who suffuses curiosity with kaleidoscopic projections of the Earth’s wonders. Her work overlooks the friendships of trees, burrows to whispers of mushrooms, and submerges into secrets of the deep sea. She is keen to reveal a deeper interconnectedness and mend a universally hushed child-like wonder. Madeline enjoys creating novel and multisensory experiences that laterally uncover truths and thereby augment the arrival of serendipity.
Gabriel Matthews
Gabriel Matthews is a South African writer based in Johannesburg who blends cosmic realms and digital landscapes. His work is characterized by its ability to integrate computer intelligence, psychedelic experiences, and human evolution. It captures the essence of human emotion in forms both alien and familiar and is often set against the backdrop of otherworldly depths and ever-expanding space. His work is regularly published in Keen Zeen, a short story magazine based in Johannesburg since 2020.
Coral
(Writing Sample 1)
New Bethesda
(Writing Sample 2)
Gabriel Matthews
Canopy;
The Hidden Life of Humans
(Community World Building)
Madeline Schmidt
