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— Peter Matthiessen

At a secret location... I’ve got some completely different vibes ready for this. Check the description there’s a lot. Save the date & grab tickets now, space limited, ticket LINK. — Ex Caelo is an immersive experiment of art and dance party — — Location and instructions will be sent to ticket holders — The days are getting longer as March transforms from lion to lamb. Renewal and warmth finally come with Spring. Choose your guide, Garra, Isa, Uru, or Ramus to follow through the night. These four idols of the natural world will direct us as we become OSTARA. (descriptions below) Sonic catalyst provided by… Beat Kitty DJ Dirtyfinger YUNG ELDR / 2Melo Zionysus Willy Wompa The FMs Explore the mythology of this process with creations from artists such as… Shadow Traffic Oliver Allaux Ben DeVoe Bridget Moriarty Morgan Shay Agnieszka "Nish" Chomentowska Ex Caelo is a vividly composed improvisational experience/dance party for those who want to create adventure. It's the most off the cuff yet deliberate dimension melding ritual gathering you've ever been to! What is else there to tell you? What do you want to hear about Ex Caelo? It’s exactly what you’re looking for! Will you trust us? It matters not… Certainly the augurs will read your fate in the sky. From the flitting sparrow and the flash of lightning to the glimmer from the depths of the cosmos. Even the highest auspice, however, can’t foretell the fortune of the visceral dimension; the mother of true genesis. Ex Caelo is from the sky. The map and method to know all that is, ever was or ever will be. There is but one wrench in these works; the seventh direction brought into the six. The internal manifested into the external able to change everything we know. So what do we really know anyway? Are we going too deep? Ex Caelo is from the sky reflected to this space to co-create and envelop you so we can all be mesmerized in the experience as it unfolds. Let go of any expectations, move to the rhythm, become the canvas, apply the paint, surrender to the magic and become the magician. Right now you must follow the spirits of Ostara… URU - The powerful and independent teach us to heal and awaken after a long solitude ISA - The abundant, lively spirit of the rushing water is fulfilled as their world flows once again. RAMUS - The energetic, adaptable protector of the natural world, opens themself to vulnerability and drops their weapon. GARRA - The wise and resourceful elder returns and transforms death into life. They will lead you on this journey in all directions. (Get Facebooked) Check some sounds:

"Abombinable snowlympics bobsleding and other competitive sports at 10:30 Effigy destruction spectacle at midnight Capacity is limited... ❄️❄️About ❄️❄️ There are many earths, and many worlds.  There is the world where Burning Man happens in Black Rock City, NV, the 1st week of September, where Thunder Gumbo embarks every year with our best friends and our legendary art car.  Then there is also the world of Thunder Gumbo… where for the fifth year in a row, FREEZING MAN takes place in the belly of a legendary sinking ship in an obscure, polluted Brooklyn waterway, calling in the spirit of winter to fight against the scourge of global warming!  Unlike many festivals, at Freezing Man we celebrate for an entire week in A SINGLE NIGHT! The transdimensional enviroshifter must be activated annually to bring on the cooling of the planet, conquer the existential threat of global warming, and to one day bring peace and unity to the galaxy. Come join us at our annual decommodified mini-festival commemorating The Great War Against The Sun that takes place across a sprawling, historic, and floating underground venue, jam-packed with fantastic live bands, body moving DJs, mind-bending performances, intimate theatrical installations, lots of snow machines, and the magical contributions of the greater NYC Burning Man community! This event is powered by community, and encourages the participation of all our guests as the Thunder Gumbo collective comes together to raise funds for our legendary art cars. immersive and participatory art installations and DIY history! We can’t wait to come together to celebrate the power of community and the warmth of our friendships in this time of cold, darkness and fear.  ❄️❄️MUSIC ❄️❄️ 2 stages of DIVERSE CHAOS from old friends and special guests! In alphabetical order: being:sound DJ set (Future Clear - Collective Group / Joro Boro x Mary Keena Frisbee) Brooklyn Gypsies (Live) DJ Dirtyfinger (Black Label) Dirty Looks (BangOn!NYC) The FMs (Subvert, Live) Illexxandra (Empire Breaks / Party Liberation Front - (PLF) Community) Jeff Omega (Bangarang / PEX ~ The Philadelphia Experiment / PHILLY GO HARD) Matt Sebastian (BAE) Rasta 4 Eyes (Stampede Sound / ambient set) Rhiannon Catalyst (Lunatarium / Birthday Sun Songs Live) Sami x Sky (Future Clear) Shhhhhhhhhh (aka PartyFoul5000™, Thunder Gumbo resident) YUNG ELDR (aka 2Melo, JunXion) Zionysus (Thunder Gumbo) ❄️❄️ART & PERFORMANCE❄️❄️ THE FREEEZINE R. MANN MEMORIAL EFFIGY by Phil, with a WILD SURPRISE DESTRUCTION SPECTACULAR @ midnight! Come early for an exhibition run from the JAMAICAN BOBSLED TEAM and cheer on the the CROSS COUNTRY BOOTLEG ARCTIC BEAST CHARIOT RACES at 10:30 Sharp, led by John Candy as played by ORIEN MCNEIL. A FEMININE and SECRETIVE encounter TRAVERSING THE RIVER CHARON WITH A BEWILDERED PERSEPHONE by JENNA HOFF & special guests BROKEN BOTTLE VIP BOTTLE SERVICE by LINDSAY and MISHA MAJESTIC underwater sea creatures transubstantiated in to photonic being by RHIZOME NYC Top deck RAVE ICEBERG dj booth by George Ingalls Thrill to DINO DIORAMAS depicting the FALL of the DINOSAURS to the EVIL SUN by Kate Relish and Shadow Traffic Talk show spectacular by ARIEL DE LION with special guests from Aquatorium, Land Sea Air Society, and Thunder Gumbo History! With a special skype appearance from founding member BEN  DEVOE from the wildness of REALITY, where we will learn the TRUE MEANING of Freezing Man. A SPEAKEASY in the BACK DOOR of ANOTHER SPEAKEASY, by Niral Shah Bodacious bFreezing BOOTYLICIOUS Burlseque from BOMBAZEEN BEAN LUMINOUS northern lights by PERRY WOHLBERG Custom ORC TEETH made to order by PSYCHIC DENTIST LUXURIOUSLY SUPPORTIVE human carpet services by the infamous Georgio Carpet Have the VEIL PARTED to reveal your glorious future with VULGARIA the DRUNKEN GYPSY FORTUNE TELLER KING Tanya Harding & Nancy Kerrigan BURLESQUE by Madgalena & Perry PRIVATE DANCE LESSONS with master dance teacher and legendary art car driver DANCE MASTER FLIP MAGICAL POTIONS from ethical and beautiful sources from AMBROSIA ELIXIRS Perry playing ZEPPLIN RIFFS on ROLLERBLADES w a 2foot Hindenberg blow-up zeppelin is dangling a front where his Willy would be.. black pants Delicious FREE EGGS at SUNRISE lovingly hand-crafted by SHALIN, your BRUNCH MASTER BEAUTIFUL WOMEN in TRENCHCOATS & LINGERE with SECRETS BOB FOR APPLES in FROZEN WATER for SEMI PRECIOUS PRIZES With ****EVEN MORE**** TBA ❄️❄️COSTUME SUGGESTIONS ❄️❄️ Yeti Royalty Bobsled Driver Deconstructed Snow Gear Bewildered Persephone Leg warmers. Just leg warmers. Beastly Snowlympian Athlete Han Solo in the Carbonite Glowing Ugly Christmas Sweaters Nuclear Winter Wonderland Survivor Not-So-Vanilla Ice Famous Reggae Superstar Yellow-Snow-Man Ice Queen Trench Coats + lingerie Naked in the Snow Bobsled Runner ❄️❄️STORY ❄️❄️ In 1847, Freeezine R. Mann, the founding matriarch of the Thunder Gumbo arts collective, completed the trans-arctic crossing from Norway to Alaska by lion-sled. Pressure from the evil ice king and queen bent on the destruction of the peaceful Yeti empire did all they could to impede her progress. Yet she and her crew were determined. Some say the Gods themselves raised her team of giant ice-lions, the strongest ever born. It is said that Hephaestus and Thor took turns hammering away to create her sled made of time crystals.  Of course, she persevered. Upon reaching Alaska the world rejoiced!  It was then that Freeezine knew what to do. She invited the world to what shall forever be remembered as the first Freeezine Mann festival complete with a primitive effigy constructed by Norwegian pagans, gogo dancing yetis, sideshow performers, mystics, and the Abominable Snowlympics athletic competition. It was tremendous, with 200,000 attendees gathering all the way at the North Pole. Lovers of the cold, beasts, adventurers, and those proud of this momentous human achievement gathered together. Their love and revelry in defiance of the evil ice king and queen created so much heat the polar ice caps began to melt. They receded to a point that wouldn’t be seen for another 170 years. Time has charged its toll! In a world out of balance, the wise elders of the Thunder Gumbo Arts collective have decreed that in an age of global warming, hot tempers, and potential heatstroke, that the gods of summer need Freezing Man to happen in mid-summer, to bring the planet itself back to balance before the polar ice caps melt and the world’s ice cream supply melts away... F. Mann’s memory as a community leader and pioneer lives on as the founder of our current decommodified non-profit community arts and expedition fundraising event! For the past 170 years, the Thunder Gumbo community has carried on this tradition. Since her death in 1996, a skeletal xylophone constructed from castings of F.R. Mann’s skeleton plays a mournful yet celebratory dirge at the stroke of midnight at every Freezing Man Festival. Come celebrate with us! ❄️❄️Participate❄️❄️ Volunteers: Fill out the form at https://goo.gl/forms/Xmbi5E6rVa0hs4F92 Artists: We are still recruiting installations, performances, and vendors! Please email [email protected] or message the Thunder Gumbo page for information. ❄️❄️NON-PROFIT ❄️❄️ Thunder Gumbo is a not-for-profit event and art collective. All funds go directly towards art upgrades and necessary maintenance of BOOGA, our legendary art car, which has gone many times to the Black Rock CIty desert for the annual Burning Man festival as well as Dance Parade, Gratitude, Halloween Parade, Freeform, and more.  Many core members of this production also purchase a full price ticket out of a passion for the mission. Our events are volunteer produced out of love for the cultivation of community, music, art, and adventure."

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