Secret Ceremony / Queerness and Spirituality at the dawn of the new decade. Curated by Telémachos Alexiou An evening of ritual and performance with: Christopher Argodale Camila Maria Concepción Emi Fontana Kathryn Garcia Carlos Medina-Diaz Eva Mitala Tyler Matthew Oyer Deborah Smaragdi Isous Mohammad Tayyeb Ares Zolo & Telémachos Alexiou + Technoshamanic afterparty Doors at 7.30p Suggested donation at the door: $10 — $30 At the end of the year and the dawn of the new decade we invite you to a selection of ritualistic performances by queer artists who use spirituality, shamanism and witchcraft as part of their work. The event follows a storyline of death and rebirth including stillness, vocalization, ecstatic dance, exorcism, healing, matrimony and Tarot reading, among other practices. Schedule *MAIN SPACE* 8p — CORPSE POSE / शवासन by Telémachos Alexiou & Emi Fontana “Telémachos Alexiou guiding you into Shavasana while Emi Fontana sends Reiki Healing from Maui, Hawaii”. *(Bring a blanket or mat to get cozy) 8.30p — EXCERPT CHANNEL by Christopher Argodale “An exorcize in practice”. 9p — FINDING BALANCE by Carlos Medina-Diaz “An attempt at finding balance between capitalist, consumerist, escapist tendencies and pleasure, care, coping mechanisms”. 9.30p — MY SPEECH TINGED HIS CHEEKS WITH PINK BLUSH AS IF MY WORDS WERE SPLASHES OF DYE. by Mohammad Tayyeb 10p — DIARY OF A SAD TRANS WOMAN by Camila Maria Concepción “A love story in three acts torn from the pages of the notes app of her iphone”. 10.30p — BRUTAL LANGUAGE by Tyler Matthew Oyer “An improvisational ritual with voice and light”. 11p — GODDESS HEALING WITH PYRAMIDS AND GONG by Kathryn Garcia “We invite you to enter the pyramid and experience the enchanting and transportive nature of sound. The Goddess welcomes you into her temple. Relax and be healed my beautiful child”. *(Bring a blanket or mat to get cozy) 11.30p — TECHNOSHAMANIC AFTERPARTY “Binding communities together”. –––––––––––––––- Ongoing *UPSTAIRS* 7.30p — 12.00a HIGH PRIESTESS by Eva Mitala “Live online Tarot reading from Greece with Eva Mitala’s Major Arcana Deck”. CONTROL OF THE ASTRAL BODY (video) by Ares Zolo “Performing Aleister Crowley’s famous text”. FINAL FUNERAL (video) by Deborah Smaradgi Isous “Atanatos o Poustis”. *Organized by Telémachos Alexiou and HRLA