On an ordinary night, the symbol for Quarantine emerged in a dream, amalgamating the four elements with a fifth: Art. It was an idea floating in the ether, waiting to be discovered, to be anchored in reality.
Four years later, in a forgotten corner of the auditorium, we stumbled upon marks made by a 19th century inmate that reproduced, with disconcerting precision, our logo. The design was not new; it had been there all along, etched in stone like a secret kept for a century 😳
This finding, far from being an anecdote, became one more proof of the connections and synchronicities that have woven the history of Quarantine since its inception 🍀 It was a revelation: each founder, unknowingly, embodied one of the elements, with Lazaretto acting as the fifth.
Far from considering these encounters as coincidences, we see them as indicators that Quarantine is fueled by a mix of fire, creativity and authenticity, allowing things to flow naturally, thus defining the soul of this adventure.
Quarantine is an entity with a life of its own that, in some way, makes use of us, its founders, to manifest itself. It is a journey that, although guided by our hands, traces its own course towards the unknown…