• Apiary x METROPOLARITY Soft Targets Launch Party

    Painted Bride ArtsCenter 230 Vine Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    all danger all softness no geolocation
    1 nite revelry spells and sanctuary
    texts songs dances
    against the gathering data storm

    this portal exists when we begin
    this portal ends at midnight

    APIARY MAGAZINE x METROPOLARITY
    :
    SOFT TARGETS
    issue 8 of APIARY in collabo with sci-fi collective METROPOLARITY.
    read philadelphia's visions of vulnerability, violence and ecstasy;
    survival strategies in our contested city;
    the monstrous and tender contending inside us

    7 PM: PARTING OF TIME AND SPACE // AIRPLANE MODE
    enter.
    drinks (government ID checked at door)
    new names (memorywipe your government ID)
    anti-surveillance face & body art

    8-10 PM INCANTATIONS FOR INVISIBILITY
    readings by 25+ storyspinners and poets
    frequency lifting by the URBAN SHAMANS word/sounds/power:afrobeat funk jazz

    10-MIDNIGHT DANCE PARTY
    ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ FEATURING ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
    ⚡ Anti-facial recognition face painting and body art by Kitakiya Davis
    ♪ Live musical performance by Philly's URBAN SHAMANS: afrobeat funk jazz grooves, WORDS, SOUNDS, and POWER!
    ♪ DJ wizardry by Alex Smith (of METROPOLARITY)

    MIDNIGHT-??? AFTERPARTY @ SILK CITY
    may the ephemeral gather strength and carry us through the night

    PAY WHAT YOU CAN: $7-10 SUGGESTED DONATION

    $7 – $10