"The Road to Eleusis" Reception Party
Photo by Aurora Crawley
A Reception Party for Horizons
Friday, September, 25 8pm - midnight. Performances start at 9pm.
Free with a Horizons ticket, $10 otherwise (cash only).
An evening of celebration, art, performance and friends featuring some of New York City's finest creative talent.
(in alphabetical order)
Photo by Anakin Koenig
AKAirways exhibits their whimsical inflatable art installations. They are transient and ephemeral, dependent on interaction and engage the environment in which they are deployed. Works are installed with the intent of interacting with or complementing other works and spaces; be good neighbors. AKAirways aims to inspire and unlock the potential of the audience by turning its members into collaborators, to promote the creative process in which there is always an ongoing experiment: Playing, learning, sharing, and collaborating. AKAirways work has been presented in a variety of contexts, from the Museum of Modern Art to underground raves, from NASA to the Whitney Biennale.
Photo by Kristen Hanshaw
Martin Dockery presents a monologue about his journey to the birthplace of LSD. It was the height of WWII, in the very heart of Europe, when a Swiss pharmacologist found himself struggling through a most bizarre bicycle ride � one that would unexpectedly introduce the world to LSD and alter the way millions of people perceive the nature of consciousness. 65 years later, in a quest to understand why acid so enthralls and terrifies, I set out to explore the psychedelic scenes of San Francisco and India, before ending up in Switzerland, where I hoped to tap into that very first acid trip by, amongst other things, renting a bike.
Taylor Kuffner (aka Zemi17) and The League of Electronic Musical Urban Robots (LEMUR) present the GamelaTron. The GamelaTron is a traditional set of Indonesian gamelan instruments augmented with robotic mechanisms, creating a robotic gamelan. It is the world�s first and only full robotic Gamelan Orchestra. The compositions draw from classical Indonesia Gamelan music from the courts of Yogyakarta and the sacred mountains of the Bali Aga and are mixed with an electronica and techno sensibility. The result is beautiful hybrid of hypnotic and invigorating acoustically resonating bronze.
Image Node presents the Seizureplank, an interactive light installation experience. Image Node is an audiovisual collective founded in 2001 which focuses on experimental realtime multimedia. While its focus is on the Burning Man festival, where it has appeared every year since 2001, Image Node also produces events in New York and other cities. Image Node projects include the Office Of Domeland Security, Bush Bush Revolution, The Tron Project, Capitol Offense, and many others. Image Node members include Ben Bartelle, David Polenberg, Jason Cipriani, Chris Jordan, Christine Ritok, and Sarah Porter.
MAPS Conference in April
April 15-18, 2010 in the San Francisco Bay Area
The Psychedelic Science conference will bring together international experts exploring clinical applications, issues relevant to healthcare professionals, and social and cultural issues surrounding the therapeutic and recreational uses of psychedelics.