...Nicola Masciandaro Copyright © 2014 Qui Parle 2014 Paradisical Pessimism On the Crucifi xion Darkness and the Cosmic Materiality of Sorrow nicola masciandaro Sunt lacrimae rerum —Virgil, Aeneid 1.462 All men have matter of sorrow; but most specially he feels...

... for having vol- untarily undergone a crucifi xion for art’s sake in the year 2000. Much like his trip to New Jersey, that provocative performance ended in spectacular failure as Horsley passed out and then fell off the cross when the footrest broke. Eight years later, Horsley was detained at Newark...

... represented on- and offstage by the Jewish characters is not only intended to establish, to nail down, one might say, the doctrinal equivalence between this scene and the Crucifi xion, or to provide the prophetic narrative of its outcome, but also to ward against possible...