Enrico Carpi and Hannah Schleifer at at Sunset, The Hague

The text is a poetic, first-person narrative reflecting on childhood car journeys and the concept of magic, framed by a present-day drive on the 'Magic Road' in an unspecified hilly landscape. The narrator recalls being the middle child in a Ford Mondeo, crushed by siblings during turns, and the mother using a map as a disciplinary tool. The driver explains that on the Magic Road, gravity defies norms—bicycles coast uphill, coins roll upward. The narrator grapples with disbelief, mist, and the passage of time, questioning whether seeing is believing. The piece is published on Art Viewer and accompanies an exhibition by Enrico Carpi and Hannah Schleifer at at Sunset, The Hague.