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Autumnal Cabinet of Wonders of Soiree |
Attn: Gothic Events Editors
For immediate release:
September 23, 2003
Autumn Equinox
THE ROYAL SARCOPHAGUS SOCIETY presents
the
Autumnal Cabinet of Wonders of Soiree*
Saturday, October 18, 2003.
Balzac¹s Coffee (55 Mill St., Distillery District) 8 pm 2 am
19+. $10 in advance from www.therss.com/event or at door
*soirée
(swar¹a) n. Social evening, evening gathering esp. for music,
conversation, the advancement of some society¹s objects, or the like. [F]
‹ The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English, 1964
What?
Music, art and magic. A cabinet of wonders come to life. The
Royal Sarcophagus Society will celebrate this autumnal season with a
soirée of live entertainment in Toronto¹s Distillery District. In
the tradition of Victorian-era salons, the event unites different disciplines
‹ music, dance, magic, crafts, words ‹ in a decadent setting.
Who?
Diana Obscura, Cellist and performance artist who has worked
with Jarboe (Swans). You may also know her as the publisher of Nyx Obscura zine
and her solo EP. Diana will be our in-house cello siren, weaving spells annd
transcribing ecstatic music and hymns of insects. She is travelling from
Atlanta, arriving in a cloud of smoke, through the starry night: astronomers
and naysayers, take note. www.dianaobscura.com
Akumu, solo
trance-inducing and evocative electronic project from ³resident evil
composer² Deane Hughes, formerly of Thrive. Deane will also be spinning
musical interludes. www.spiderrecords.com/akumu
Rebecca Ostwald, noted
Toronto choreographer has graciously offered to choreograph and perform in a
magical dance piece which will wind in and out, hither and thither, between the
candles and the pumpkins, patrons and ghosts. Beware! We may all fall under
this spell and lose our way, or want to leave our jobs.
Sèphera
Girón, lovely and magical Bran Stoker Award-approved horror author
resident kind spirit and creator of House Magic: The Good Witch¹s Guide to
Bringing Grace to your Space, having just finished her latest novel Curse will
be there, sitting at a table, off in the shadows, reading tarot
www.sff.net/people/Seph/)
Magda Trzaski, resident royal forest pixie
and doll maker, will have a table selling suitably haunting autumnal art;
dolls, bags, shirts, books, twigs and charms along with...
Gillian
Holmes, lovely and talented, who will be selling beaded items, cards and
magical bags of stones, crystals and twigs.
Tanya Schreck will prepare
glass and twine, wood and metal, haunting objects and cases of light.
Annie Smidt, graphic design goddess and web weaver, former editor of Tear Down
the Sky magazine, brings art surprises all the way from Boston.
Liisa
Ladouceur, word worshipper, former Ninth Wave publisher and real life reporter
will serve fortunes/destinies in cookie form.
E. Katie Holm, singer for
Minneapolis band Glass, accomplished photographer who has shot many bands for
Projekt and former co-editor of Thistle may be there in person, or in spirit
with her wonderful cemetery photography and magical votive candles.
(http://www.ekatieholm.com)
Why?
It was our intention, says
curator and RSS co-founder David Keyes, artist, boxmaker, ³to celebrate
what we so often overlook. We go to such great lengths in popular culture to
escape, we spend millions of dollars on special effects, when, in fact, all it
takes is a beautiful space, a hundred carved pumpkins, a thousand lit candles
and incredibly talented people.
The Autumnal Soirée was
conceived by the Royal Sarcophagus Society, a loose collective of artists,
writers, musicians, filmmakers, rogues and dancers from Toronto, Boston and
beyond. Much like a 17th Century Cabinet of Curiosities, the Society will
present an intriguing and precious collection designed to provoke and inspire.
A living Cabinet, filled with artists rather than artifacts, gathered in a
brewery bôite instead of a box, surrounded by velvet, twigs, candles,
pumpkins and new friends.
For more information, photos or to schedule
an interview with the Royal Sarcophagus Society, please contact David Keyes at
416-778-9071 or david@theroyalsarcophagussociety.com
Posted Sept 27 2003 by Dem
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toronto goth for info about the clubs, the nights, and the music.
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