EARTH Space PDX

02/28/2024

We are so honored to welcome so many talented artists for our closing celebration tomorrow!!

From Earth Into Space
Doors 7:30, Show at 8
4135 SE Gladstone
$10-20 suggested donation, no one turned away

🔨🪶The Hammer & The Feather is an immersive five screen video installation and surround sound live audio experience. Greg King and Christian Frederickson will be flying in from Los Angeles and Boston for our closing event! You will be able to meet the creators behind this stunning and inspiring work.

The Hammer and the Feather, an immersive audio and visual installation, takes its name from the experiment performed on Earth's moon by U.S. astronaut David Scott, which proved Galileo's assertion that gravity exerts an equal force on all objects. Developed at MIT by technical instructor Christian Frederickson and visual artist and filmmaker Greg King, The Hammer, and the Feather uses the architecture of the liturgical mass as a structural and conceptual framework to create a contemplative and spiritual environment where audience participants can connect with large questions and pursue their own inquiries into the nature of existence. Bridging humanistic and scientific inquiry, the piece uses gravity as a poetic and conceptual departure point for musical, Visual, and sonic material.

https://arts.mit.edu/projects/the-hammer-and-the-feather/

https://vimeo.com/737788357/description

http://gregking.space

http://www.christianfrederickson.com

🌀🌊Otolithia is an experimental, ambient, and improvisational duo featuring Tatiana Muzica and Josh Faber-Hammond. Their music is a unique combination of Japanese koto, multiple flutes, ethereal vocals, and electronics. The name is a fusion of the words ‘otolith’, referring to a calcium carbonate structure in the inner ear of vertebrates used to maintain equilibrium, and ‘lithia’, or lithium-containing water, which has been shown to reduce depression and stabilize moods for those who drink it regularly. They hope their music can help the listener feel more balanced as well.

https://youtu.be/kb58Eku6qWQ

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QyFti_G9ZVU

http://otolithia.bandcamp.com

🌙✨Luneau is an experimental dreamscape collaboration between Tom Asselin and Rachel Rusenko. The French words “Lune” and “Eau” translate to moon and water. They derive inspiration from the ethereal and mystical quality of the moon, with its shifting cyclical effects on bodies of water, including our human bodies. They are enamored by outer space and contemplating the unknown. They often play improvised, welcoming the Mystery to channel through each moment. Stay tuned for their first album!

👾🤖Proqxis

The array of calculated permutations contained within proqxis' audible compositions constitute a neo-minimalist tapestry of glitch-groove and avant-drones that seep into the substrates of the interlocutor's mind and posterior.

links:

https://mixcloud.com/resonantlocus
https://resonantlocus.bandcamp.com

👁🧞‍♂️Dromia x Ritual Gaze

In this special collaborative set, Dromia and Ritual Gaze offer Ambient Industrial Darkgaze Dreamscapes by Danny Voight (Ritual Gaze) and Jasper Lawson (Dromia) ✨

Find more of their music here:

https://youtu.be/wBwyPmF_qoU?si=kzVYu1BJDyR-Z2uH

https://on.soundcloud.com/b664y

https://soundcloud.com/dannyvoight/scry-tones?ref=clipboard&p=a&c=1&si=191d7f53da1a4910a0a42c713d15f22a&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

🎨🌈Miz Chaos is an acrylic painter and mixed media artist from Portland, OR. She hopes to make the world a brighter and better place by sharing whimsical uplifting art in multiple forms such as her colorful paintings, sculptures, furniture and street art.

🍵Antlerstone Tea brings Natural & Atmospheric Gongfu Tea Lounge experiences to your events, concerts, festivals and performances.

Come experience Chinese tea as well as a blood chrysanthemum herbal tea poured gongfu style in the Ancient Memories Tea Lounge. Stay as long as you like! A selection of high quality loose leaf tea is sold to take home as well.

For contact and booking DM or email [email protected]

🌿🐲 Drake Nyx (she/her) is a Holistic Educator and Soul Coach, bringing the soul into personal and planetary development. With incredibly fine tuned clairvoyance, Drake intuits meditations and guides individuals into greater heart expansion and purpose-filled embodiment. Find out more at www.drakenyxvision.com

🏵⛲️Arson Rivvers

Rivvers’ art intertwines the disruptive ethos of Dadaism with the innovative realm of AI animation, creating a dynamic interplay between chaos and control. This fusion challenges traditional artistic boundaries, embodying a Neo-Dadaist spirit that embraces the unexpected outcomes of digital experimentation. Through this synthesis, they invite viewers into a new visual narrative, where technology and tradition craft unforeseen aesthetic experiences.

💃🏻🔥 Larissa Kurucz is the painter of “Shadow Work”, the painting used in our original flyer. She also has a special fire dance performance in store for us!!

See you soon!

Thursday Feb 29th
4135 SE Gladstone
Earth Space PDX

Doors at 7:30, show at 8!
Suggested donation $10-$20, no one turned away for lack of funds

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02/06/2024

Dear friends, we have a big announcement to share with you! You are warmly invited to the closing celebration of Earth Space PDX.

8pm Thursday February 29th
4135 SE Gladstone
Earth Space PDX

We are honored to host The Hammer & The Feather, an immersive video performance by Christian Frederickson and Gregory King of Rachel’s, last shown at the Music and Theater Arts (MTA) W97 Theater space at MIT in May 2022. Greg will be flying in from LA to be present for this special iteration!

🎶Live musical performances by Otolithia, Luneau, Proqxis, and Dromia x Ritual Gaze.
Josh Faber-Hammond Tati Musique Rachel Rusenko Tom Asselin Zac Chia Jasper Lawson Danny Voight

🍵Tea Lounge by Antlerstone Tea Russell Bohr

✨Opening guided meditation by Drake Carnahan

🔥Fire dancing performance by Sorcha Tiene

👁👁Live painting by Chrissy Groh

💫Live video projections by Arson Rivvers

🌌”Shadow Work” by Larissa Kurucz featured in flyer

🎨Group art show showcasing much of the visual talent that has moved through this space

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Choosing to close Earth Space has been difficult, but necessary.

For 3+ years we have facilitated community connection, in a mindful way, during a time of isolation and restricted access to in-person gatherings. We have given people a container to grow their own businesses, that was the most accessible and affordable option in town. We have given artists, musicians, writers, makers, teachers, and dreamers a place to showcase their voice, talents, wares, and unique offerings.

We would not have done it any differently! We celebrate incubating and growing Portland culture, while choosing a non capitalistic approach to business, centering humanity over financials.

With that being said, multiple factors converged in the ultimate decision to close our doors. We could not keep up with unsustainable and continued rent increases, which nearly doubled in our time here. To continue operating the space, we would have had to completely change our business model and approach, which would have fallen out of alignment with our values.

We truly cherish each moment spent here, and would love to celebrate all that Earth Space has been with you! Each bridge built, each acquaintance turned friend has made this labor of love immeasurably worth it.

We hope to see you soon!

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8pm Thursday February 29th
4135 SE Gladstone
Earth Space PDX

Partnering with Circadia Arts Collective
Flyer design by Rachel Rusenko

We are here to uplift EARTH ~ Education, Art, Resilience, Trade, and Healing.