THRESHER NIGHT 1
THRESHER is an invitation to commit to ritual: we harvest the fruits of the care we have given our meandering curiosities, we distill the qualia that lie in wait, and we convene trusted family to soak in moments of collective ferment, all in hopes that wisdom may take root. Until then, we tend to the soil and strive towards attunement with our contexts. Three pansensorial interventions are being designed to challenge the boundaries often unexamined - between senses, between silences, between bodies, between breaths… is there an intuitional field of potential relating that can be revealed? We have no answers, but we sense the clues calling. Join us on the shores of the portal.
Full details at: https://thresher999.com
This is an invite only event. As an act of gratitude for our existing relationship, you have been chosen as a seed member of this inaugural network of trust. In the future, you may be welcomed to invite friends, on the conditions that you are vouching for their character and adherence to the intention of the rituals being enacted. For this inaugural edition, we request that you come with this spirit first. This network is actively attempting to create space that allows for the safe reimagining of self and relationality, towards a kinder world. We are deliberate, and we are imperfect, so we appreciate your solidarity, grace and patience as we stumble forth in service of our most vivid dreaming.
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Fingers On The Pulse - Tuesday, September 23
by Pearl M Wong
What arises when we distribute and coordinate the operation of the clock itself - what do we become if we practice grooving as one, taking turns wielding the power to move the arm of time forward, each depending on the last to keep the groove alive and interesting?
Players will be invited to listen and keep time together in a seated circle, with touching hands rested on electro-acoustic piezo mics. These piezo triggers step forward the internal clock of a multimodal modular synthesizer, steered by the Thresher Trio, assembled with the intent to investigate the perceptual edges between paradigms of synthesis (analog & digital sonics, East/West coast, sampling, dub feedback, spectralist signal processing, scent, light). Each player will await the finger tap of the player before them, the signal call of the incoming pulse train, and will then respond by tapping with their other hand, rested against the next player’s hand. As such, each player is actively folding and posturing the skeleton of the collected rhythm, while listening for what it is trying to say.
Can we bring the spacetime that exists between moments and inside ourselves into sharper focus? What voice emerges when identity is a “yes-and” timing protocol between friends?
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Registration for this event is free, and we welcome donations after the experience to cover costs and keep attendance accessible. Your presence and participation is a gift. This is all a labour of love, and our hope is that this project can find the means and energy to grow, with your support.
If you reserve a spot, please let us know ASAP if you cannot come so that we can maintain the optimal experience by inviting others on the wait list to take your place.
Activities begin at 18h30 sharp