Void Oblation: Exhibit Opening

Redefining Psychedelic Arts & Culture

EXHIBITION :: Nov 23 through Dec 6, 2024

Opening Reception :: Sat, Nov 23 / 7:00 – 10:00 pm
with/ live painting by Nathaniel Kelley & a DJ set by Barakat

Void Oblation invites us to gaze inward into the confusion, ambivalence, and discord we hide and reveal in the shadow parts of ourselves through the lens of the psychedelic experience.

We challenge preconceptions of how we define “psychedelic” and the role such experiences can have in our journeys of self-discovery.

Tim Ramirez - “Wetlands”

EXHIBITING ARTISTS:

Caroline Bick / Matthew Cobaugh / Sam Dickey / Carina Evins / Michael George Hansen / Nathaniel Kelley / Barbara Little / Jamie McGinty / Tim Ramirez / SAD GIRL / Erik Smith / Doc Womp

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The psychedelic experience is at once visionary, transformative, challenging, revolutionary, terrifying, blissful, disorganized, saturated, poetic, frenetic, and endlessly mutating. “Psychedelic” experiences are not limited to chemically induced phenomena - a huge range of human experiences and emotions can induce perceptual shifts, radical introspection, shadow work, self-confrontation, and ultimately the opportunity for transmutation.

If we are to shift cultural perceptions surrounding the role of psychedelics in personal growth and healing, we must sit with what the psychedelic experience actually means, feels, and looks like. To fully integrate these experiences we must sit with the challenging aspects as well as the ecstatic ones. The pieces selected for this show confront this dissonance and celebrate the nuance and confusion this experience can bring.

Void Oblation - an offering of oneself, in veneration and gratitude, into the chaos of the unknown.

Caroline Bick- “Look at Me” & “Hallo-94”

ADDITIONAL EXHIBITION EVENTS:

Fashion Show :: Sat, Nov 30 / 7:00 – 10:00 pm
with/ Live Audio & Visuals by Chicago Noise & Free Jazz Orchestra / Video Waste / Hydrosonic Light Show / Mystic Lightworks

Artistic Alchemy :: Sat, Dec 1 / 1:00 – 3:00 pm
Transforming Psychedelic Insights Into Creative Expression, presented by Valery Shuman LCPC, ATR-BC & Lauren Parente LCSW, CADC

CLOSING RECEPTION :: Fri, Dec 6 / 6:30 – 9:30 pm
with/ Psychedelic Stories Open Mic / Community Harm Reduction Panel Discussion / Policy Workshop

All work is for sale. CONTACT:  agitatorgallery@gmail.com
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Sam Dickey - Untitled 2024