Future Magic — First Spell for a Glass Portal Between Two Worlds
Format: Text
Dates: Dec 2025 - Jan 2026
Venue: Eurantie Window Publication, Helsinki (FI)
Language: Damiá, English, Finnish
Publication: Multipöly
Dates: Dec 2025 - Jan 2026
Venue: Eurantie Window Publication, Helsinki (FI)
Language: Damiá, English, Finnish
Publication: Multipöly
Text, English translation: ONCE WE WERE ISLANDS
Design: Katri Astala
Finnish translation: Kasper Salonen
Publisher: Multipöly
Design: Katri Astala
Finnish translation: Kasper Salonen
Publisher: Multipöly
The 35th text of the Eurantie Window Publication is written by ONCE WE WERE ISLANDS and designed by Katri Astala. The text is on view from 4 December to 28 January, 2026.
ONCE WE WERE ISLANDS is Chris Gylee and Aslan and they have been living their lives together and making art together for almost 16 years now. In 2023, they moved from Berlin and made a new home in Outokumpu in North Karelia. They tell stories about Queer lives and Queer futures in rurality through a science-fiction lens, often using the Queer constructed language Damiá as an artistic tool.
Katri Astala is a graphic designer specialising in organizing, concepts and typography. The text is set to flow from one side of the window to the other. The text is presented in the Damiá script, tolpata. The typefaces used are Damiá Agate and Mana.
English and Finnish translations of the text can be found via the QR code in the window, and also here below. The Finnish translation was made by Kasper Salonen, and the English translation by ONCE WE WERE ISLANDS.
ONCE WE WERE ISLANDS is Chris Gylee and Aslan and they have been living their lives together and making art together for almost 16 years now. In 2023, they moved from Berlin and made a new home in Outokumpu in North Karelia. They tell stories about Queer lives and Queer futures in rurality through a science-fiction lens, often using the Queer constructed language Damiá as an artistic tool.
Katri Astala is a graphic designer specialising in organizing, concepts and typography. The text is set to flow from one side of the window to the other. The text is presented in the Damiá script, tolpata. The typefaces used are Damiá Agate and Mana.
English and Finnish translations of the text can be found via the QR code in the window, and also here below. The Finnish translation was made by Kasper Salonen, and the English translation by ONCE WE WERE ISLANDS.
FUTURE MAGIC
First spell for a glass portal between two worlds
(Words in circles)
UTTER
Like Audre says — silence is no protection
Come close
Breath on the glass
Sound slowly
Then getting louder
Go
A singer in the world
Angry
A brave one
BELIEVE
Like Danez says — we need better gods
Stop
Falling from your hand
Face up to the sky
Winter into your mouth
No illusions
Basic fucking utopia
Brow on the mirror
Wet skin like a shrine
SUFFICE
Like Leah says — the future is disabled
Continue
Sinew trembling
You’re a wave now
The seas swallow your land
This shaking is enough
Has to be
Ice feet on stone
We’re all we’ve got
Like Audre says — silence is no protection
Come close
Breath on the glass
Sound slowly
Then getting louder
Go
A singer in the world
Angry
A brave one
BELIEVE
Like Danez says — we need better gods
Stop
Falling from your hand
Face up to the sky
Winter into your mouth
No illusions
Basic fucking utopia
Brow on the mirror
Wet skin like a shrine
SUFFICE
Like Leah says — the future is disabled
Continue
Sinew trembling
You’re a wave now
The seas swallow your land
This shaking is enough
Has to be
Ice feet on stone
We’re all we’ve got
TULEVAISUUSTAIKAA
Ensimmäinen loitsu kahden maailman väliselle lasiportaalille
(Sanat ympyröissä)
VIRKO
Kuten Audre sanoo — hiljaisuus ei ole turva
Tule lähelle
Henkäys ikkunalla
Ääntä hitaasti
Sitten voimistuu
Mene
Laulaja maailmassa
Vihainen
Urho
USKO
Kuten Danez sanoo — tarvitsemme paremmat jumalat
Pysähdy
Kädestäsi putoava
Kasvot taivaisiin
Talvi suuhusi
Ei harhoja
Perus vitun utopia
Otsa peilillä
Märkä iho kuin pyhättö
RIITÄ
Kuten Leah sanoo — tulevaisuus on vammautunut
Jatka
Jänne väristen
Olet aalto nyt
Meret nielaisevat maasi
Tämä tärinä riittää
Sen täytyy
Jääjalat kivellä
Olemme kaikki mitä meillä on
Kuten Audre sanoo — hiljaisuus ei ole turva
Tule lähelle
Henkäys ikkunalla
Ääntä hitaasti
Sitten voimistuu
Mene
Laulaja maailmassa
Vihainen
Urho
USKO
Kuten Danez sanoo — tarvitsemme paremmat jumalat
Pysähdy
Kädestäsi putoava
Kasvot taivaisiin
Talvi suuhusi
Ei harhoja
Perus vitun utopia
Otsa peilillä
Märkä iho kuin pyhättö
RIITÄ
Kuten Leah sanoo — tulevaisuus on vammautunut
Jatka
Jänne väristen
Olet aalto nyt
Meret nielaisevat maasi
Tämä tärinä riittää
Sen täytyy
Jääjalat kivellä
Olemme kaikki mitä meillä on
Photography by Multipöly
Eurantie Window Publication is published by Multipöly and supported by the Kone Foundation.
Eurantie Window Publication is published by Multipöly and supported by the Kone Foundation.