Roadside Magic delves into an imagined reality where witches were never persecuted and Pagan traditions never christianized. If history had taken this route then our modern day might look very different with herbal medicine, intention and spirituality part of everyday life – engrained in the mundane and the practical.
There would be no reason why the mechanic who comes to your aid in a breakdown wouldn’t also be versed in shamic practices, herb knowledge and other unknown magic.
By inviting the viewer to imagine a reality where the natural world and the spiritual are intricate parts of our everyday we offer a different perspective and question how these elements are given value in our own reality.
Mad Max meets Holland and Barret