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From September 19, 2008 8:00 PM
Until September 21, 2008 9:00 PM |
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Judson Memorial Church
55 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012 |
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http://horizonsnyc.org |
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45 Washington St #162
Brooklyn, NY 11201
info@horizonsnyc.org
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| Description |
HORIZONS: PERSPECTIVES ON PSYCHEDELICS
Reception: Friday September 19, 2008 8pm - midnight (or later)
Conference: Saturday & Sunday September 20-21, 2008
At Judson Memorial Church
55 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012
http://horizonsnyc.org/
info@horizonsnyc.org
Horizons is a forum for learning about psychedelics. It seeks to open a fresh dialogue about psychedelics and challenges society to rethink their role in history, culture, medicine, spirituality and art. After a successful debut in 2007, it is now an annual event. Its dates for 2008 are September 19-21. Speakers have been announced and tickets are on sale now at http://horizonsnyc.org/tickets.php
Psychedelics are a unique class of psychoactive drugs that have been used by humans for thousands of years. Millions of people in every corner of the globe have used them to alter their consciousness in search of introspective contemplation, spiritual insights, creative exploration and physical and psychological healing.
In the 1950s and early 1960s, legal research with psychedelics spurred important discoveries in science and psychology. During the 1960s, psychedelics entered worldwide popular culture. Fueled by the wild social dogmas of the era, recreational use become commonplace. Questions about their safety, medical value, history and implications in politics and culture were unfortunately answered with numerous myths spread by both their users and the media.
Times are changing. The freewheeling sixties are now a distant memory and the hype of the millennial rave fever has finally been laid to rest. Now, a small group of dedicated researchers and activists has orchestrated a renaissance in psychedelic research that is re-shaping the public's understanding of these unique substances. Horizons brings together the brightest minds and boldest voices of this movement to share their research, insights and dreams for the future.
Advance full tickets are $25 (Discount), $50 (Regular) and $100 (Patron). All advance tickets give you the reception and two days of presentation. Choose the level you are most able to afford. Advance tickets are strongly recommended. http://horizonsnyc.org/tickets.php
Friday night reception-only tickets are $10 in cash. They do not include access to the conference on Saturday or Sunday.
If tickets are still available at the door, the minimum donation will be $30.
== PRESENTATIONS ==
(Schedule is subject to change.)
SATURDAY
* 10:00am - Introduction
* 10:15am - Daniel Pinchbeck - Author of Breaking Open the Head and 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl
* 11am - Allan Hunt Badiner - Co-editor of Zig Zag Zen: Buddhism and Psychedelics
* 11:45am - Screening: PostModern Times psychedelics interviews
* 12:30pm-2pm - Lunch
* 2:15pm - Robert Forte - Divinity scholar, editor of Entheogens and the Future of Religion
* 3:00pm - David Nichols, Ph.D. - Founder of Heffter Research Institute, Distinguished Chair in Pharmacology at Purdue University
* 3:45pm - Roland Griffiths, Ph.D. - Psilocybin researcher, Professor of Behavioral Biology and Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
* 4:30pm - Dimitri Mobengo Mugianis - Ibogaine therapist
* 5:15pm - Dan Merkur - Psychoanalyst, author of The Ecstatic Imagination
* 6:00pm - Sasha and Ann Shulgin - Psychedelics elders, authors of Tikhal and Pikhal
* 7:00pm - Psyche & Delia - Reading from a new operate about the history of psychedelics
SUNDAY
* 1:30 - Reconvene
* 1:45pm - Alex & Allyson Grey - Psychedelic parents, artists and co-founder of Chapel of Sacred Mirrors
* 2:30pm - Alex Grey - Artist and co-founder of Chapel of Sacred Mirrors
* 3:15pm - Sean Helfritsch & Isaiah Saxon - Video artists, creators of Bjork's Wanderlust 3D music video
* 4:00pm -Rick Doblin, Ph.D. - Founder/president of MAPS
* 4:45pm - Bob Wold - Founder of Clusterbusters cluster headache support group
== RECEPTION ==
Friday, September 19 8pm - midnight.
Free for Horizons ticket holders, $10 otherwise. Cash bar.
At Judson Memorial Church. 55 Washington Square South, New York, NY, 10012.
An evening of celebration, art, performance, plants and friends featuring some of New York City's finest creative talent.
Featuring AKAirways inflatable installations, Peripheral Media Projects screenprinting, Nat Bletter's Healing Plants, Zemi17's Gamelatron and a mind-expanding performance by Akim Funk Buddha.
(alphabetical artist and performer biographies)
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. http://akairways.com/
Nat Bletter will serve some teas of (legal) psychoactive plants, show the wide range of psychoactive plants available, and answer questions about the botany, neurochemistry, and shamanism of psychoactive plants. Nat Bletter has a Ph.D. in Ethnobotany from the City University of New York and the New York Botanical Garden. He specializes in medicinal plants of Peru and Mali, quantitative ethnobotany, and stimulant plants such as cacao. He has also worked as a computer graphics and virtual reality researcher for seven years and created sculpture, graphic art, music, electronic art, and fire art from an early age.
Nat is the author of a chapter on the psychoactive effects of chocolate in the book Chocolate in Mesoamerica: A Cultural History of Cacao and will be leading a tour of the medicinal plants, food, and inspirational music (gamelan) of Bali in late October. http://nadabrahma.org/NatBletter.html
From the streets of Bali to Carnegie Hall, from meditative throat singing to high-energy Hip Hop rhymes, Akim Funk Buddha creates borderless performance art, fusing sounds and movements. An avid world traveler and self-described old-school B-boy MC, he is known for his holistic approach to Hip Hop, drawing from a full spectrum of cultural traditions and artistic disciplines. Rhyming, beat-boxing, mouth and body percussion, story-telling, break-dancing, Mongolian throat-singing, Indonesian monkey chants, body-balancing, martial arts, tap and circus arts are seamlessly blended to create distinctly spiritual yet urban sonic and visual compositions. http://funkbuddha.org
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. http://gamelatron.com/
Peripheral Media Projects performs live silk-screening. Bring a piece of clothing or fabric to get printed. Based in Brooklyn, New York, PMP has grown to be a source of collaboration with people from a wide array of backgrounds. PMP works with architects, designers, musicians, performers, and anyone interested in producing prints for the street, galleries, apparel, etc. PMP is committed to promoting awareness and social transformation through the creation of art and clothing, both within and outside of the gallery and fashion systems. PMP founders Garrison Buxton and Ray Cross also run the Ad Hoc Art gallery in Bushwick, Brooklyn. http://peripheralmediaprojects.com/ |
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