“Mistérios negros” (dark mysteries) is the popular designation of trachemical domes of dark irregular rock, with sharp edges, which originated in the volcanic eruptions that occurred in the Azorean islands. Following the expedition’s invitation to explore what cannot be mapped or categorized, this video stages a voyage to the centre of the earth, both figuratively and literally. We’ll dive into the beginning of the world, in a way that escapes Cartesian logic, looking for a more primal manifestation. Capturing inner and outer landscapes of the Azores, this piece travels between grottoes, caverns and holes recording animate matter and energy embodied in non-living systems such as rocks, water or lava. These elements are caught by the camera in different states - from solid to gaseous – inviting the viewer to interrogate the antagonistic concepts of scale and time between the geological and the human. It chases those forces of nature that seem alive (and threatening), reflecting on their relationship with humans. Juxtaposing image and sound, the video also evokes the beginning of cinema, where the verbal language still did not have a fixed place.