Cosmosis Quests - The Night Within and Without (2025)
In your own dwelling, with the warmth of a candle and the company of a spirit, this Quest will guide you into the depths of the night within and without.
Cosmosis Quests - the Night Within and Without is a story that unfolds in your living room as the last light of the day departs. This one time, don't turn on your cozy lamps, and welcome the night in. How are we altering ecosystems with all the light we pour into them? and how are we altering ourselves by avoiding the deep dark of the night?
Embark on this Quest if you desire a gentle and slow night: if you want the darkness to be a safe cocoon for rest and dreaming. A kind, warm, spirit will show you that the night air is filled with stories and that everything is nature, also the indoors.
There is a forest you know well. Perhaps from your childhood, perhaps near the place where you live now. On one of the trees there, almost hidden from sight, a camouflaged moth has been awaiting nightfall.
About Cosmosis Quests:
Cosmosis Quests is a growing collection of immersive audio quests designed to re-enchant everyday surroundings through a patchwork of stories, soundscapes, rituals, and magic.
Each Quest is an audio-guided ritual designed to be experienced at a specific place and time via a phone app: exercises to dissolve the sense that we exist outside of nature, tend to our imagination, and reintroduce meaningful ritual into daily life.
The digital layer that the app adds is subtle: sound overlays your actual surroundings, and the story takes you on a journey through your physical environment. The screen mostly stays in your pocket while your attention goes outward.
Credits:
Paul Staring - Creator, writer & voice-actor (wizard)
Oskar Koli - Coding
Nicholas Thayer - Sound design
Thomas Eekhof - Graphic design
Yvet Youssef - Script editing
Jeremy Paillotin - Card illustration
Shana Bossmann - Voice actor (Ardor)
Puck van Dijk - Coaching
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