Textures + Light / Contrast + Grain

A kaleidoscopic event combining a zine release, photo party, and immersive art experience

Secret Astronomer presents a a zine release event, photo fete, and immersive art experience, featuring interactive lighting and video installations, collaborative performances of dance, sound, and visuals, with delicious food and chill vibes.

Featuring

Matia Guardabascio (secret astronomer, Durham Beat)

SASSWORLD

Blaine Carteaux/Cool Boy 36

Sweet Lady V

Paul Siebert

VSPRTN

Emma DG

Susannah Simpson

doris dana

Nathan Taylor

Gocciolina (food)

Beginning with a reception and interactive installation party, bring your appetites, your camera (or use one of the disposable ones at the event), and walk through the installations and take photos with your friends or even get a professional portrait by Sass. Check out the zines, the merch, the pillows. Reception will be followed by a few dance + sound collaborative performances inside the installations, culminating with a supremely chill living room dance party with VSPRTN.

About the zines: The two zines being released at the party are both photobooks by Matia Guardabascio featuring original photographs which contemplate and experiment with TEXTURE and LIGHT and CONTRAST and GRAIN. Each zine is handmade, hand numbered, ink stamped, and comes in an individually typewritten (on a typewriter) sleeve.

This event is hosted and organized by writer/zinemaker/photographer Matia Guardabascio (Secret Astronomer, Durham Beat).

BYOB or sample what’s on hand.