Sten Studio

Light enters the chapel softly, tracing time across its worn surfaces. In this quiet setting, The Wedding unfolds as a suspended moment, where objects gather not only as witnesses, but as keepers of a shared presence.

Lucerna candleholders frame the scene, their gentle glow echoing the intimacy of ritual. At the center, Orlena and Virena hold a moment of balance, where mineral forms meet a living composition, dissolving the boundary between the fixed and the fleeting.

Through his floral intervention, Hamish Powell reflects on the central paradox of the ceremony: a wedding exists as a fleeting moment, yet carries a meaning intended to last a lifetime. Preserved Italian dandelion introduces a sense of lightness and transience, while amaranthus, rooted in Mexican tradition, anchors the composition with a quiet permanence, bringing together place and identity in a single gesture.

Inspired by Milan’s Piazza Castello fountains, the arrangement draws on the force of water shaping stone, and the stillness of a gesture suspended in time, where Italian setting and Mexican influence meet in a shared language of ritual.

A subtle soundscape by harpist Michela La Fauci moves through the space, extending the experience beyond the visible. Together, light, sound, and matter shape a space that feels both grounded and ephemeral, where each element lingers, even as it passes.