A Dream-​In on May 1: An Overnight at the Ham­mer Museum

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As absolutely phe­nom­e­nal as this event sounds to me, I just don’t see any­thing like it ever hap­pen­ing within the con­fines of east­ern North Carolina.

It is truly an event fraught with flux moments, per­haps it’s a happening’s hap­pen­ing and occurs with­out our know­ing it because we are all in a fugue state (ever read Walker Percy’s The Last Gen­tle­man? Amaz­ing book. Will was def­i­nitely in a fugue state.) The idea of a spo­radic dream reen­act­ment absolutely fas­ci­nates me. And I would truly wish to engage in a course of study that would result in my qual­i­fi­ca­tion as a
wait for it…

wait…

artist-​psychonaut.

Some­how, some­thing in me believes my friends already call me a name sim­i­lar sound­ing to that one. The idea of Psy­cho­naut is, oddly enough, already patented as a plat­form video game. Damn those geeks, they take every­thing! You’ve got to read the plot of the game, it will blow you into a hap­pen­ing of your own.

The Event To Which I Refer Is A DREAM-​IN. Got this noti­fi­ca­tion via email of the FluxNexus this morning:

A HAMMER DREAM-​IN

On May 1st, 2010, artSpa and Machine Project will host an overnight Dream-​In at the Ham­mer Museum in Los Angeles. Dreamers are invited to camp out in the Ham­mer court­yard and col­lect any dreams that occur dur­ing their stay. The evening will fea­ture exper­i­men­tal dream­ing work­shops, con­certs, and bed­time sto­ries, fol­lowed by a wak­ing con­cert in the morn­ing, all facil­i­tated by a dreamy batch of local artist-psychonauts. The fol­low­ing day museum patrons may encounter dream reen­act­ments, work­shops, and nap­ping music dur­ing their visit.
The Dream-​In is being hosted con­cur­rently with the Hammer’s exhi­bi­tion of Carl Jung’s Red Book, which will be on dis­play from April 11 — June 6, 2010.
Online reg­is­tra­tion for the Dream-​In begins Thurs­day April 15th

* Par­tic­i­pants should pack food and sleep­ing bags as if they were really camp­ing, as none of these ameni­ties will be pro­vided and
guests must com­mit to stay­ing at the Ham­mer until morn­ing. Toi­lets, sinks and hot water will be avail­able to guests. Sorry: no tents, gen­er­a­tors, ampli­fied music, fire, alco­hol or pets allowed. Event is open to guests 18 and over only.

* In exchange for their overnight for­ti­tude and Sun­day morn­ing dream– rec­ol­lec­tions, Dream-​In campers will receive com­pli­men­tary admis­sion to the Ham­mer Museum for Sun­day May 2nd, which reopens to the pub­lic at 11am.

* More infor­ma­tion on the event sched­ule and what to bring will be pro­vided after you register.

A Ham­mer Dream-​In will feature:

… exper­i­men­tal dream­ing work­shops with Claire Cronin, Ecsta­tic
Energy Con­sul­tants Inc., Katie Bach­ler, Krys­tal Krunch, Laura
Steen­berge, and Marc Herbst
… bed­time sto­ries with Amanda Yates and Joshua Beck­man
… music and sound by b.y.o.f.f., Moon, Claire Cronin, and Aaron
Drake & Clay Chap­lin
… plus watch out for spo­radic dream reen­act­ments on May 2nd by
Gawdaf­ful Theater

Sun­day May 2nd will be more Dream-​In and Red Book related pro­grams
open to the pub­lic. You can find more infor­ma­tion here: http://
ham​mer​.ucla​.edu/​p​r​o​g​r​ams

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