As a departure point for the new work, the artist references the will-o’-the-wisp, a phenomenon found in numerous folklore traditions of a ghostly faerie light, which manifests in forests and bogs. For Capone, this flickering, elusive beacon that leads travelers into the unknown becomes a metaphor for the creative act itself — the artist who chases luminescent "meaning" through a forest of signs and illusions.
However, this is also more than just a folktale of whimsy and metaphor. We find ourselves in a social and political reality where illusion, false realities, deepfakes and "alternative facts" are not mere poetic devices — they have been weaponized and deployed in dangerously strategic ways as instruments of power. The role of the artist is to reclaim the illusion, redirect the mischief and seize the special effects machine as tactical modes of expression and resistance.
