BARDO BATH: Philosophical Research Society

BARDO BATH: Philosophical Research Society - In the Lecture Room!

Join Psychedelic Sangha for "BARDO BATH: Philosophical Research Society," an immersive dharma art experience with voice and body expression by multidisciplinary artist Odeya Nini, live vibraphone music by Sonic Shaman Chris Dingman, light art landscapes created by Yosuh Jones and Aubrey Nehring, and guided Tibetan Buddhist bardo meditation by Doc Kelley.

Find a comfortable position on the floor, relax, and prepare to experience the bardo as described in the Tibetan Book of Dead (bar do thos grol) and later adapted for psychedelic trip sessions by Drs. Timothy Leary, Ralph Metzner, and Richard Alpert. We begin with an eyes-wide-open death meditation and then move into 60 minutes of numinous soundscapes with surreal dharma art visuals. After the jam, we will guide you back out of the bardo—renewed, refreshed, and rebirthed.

This event is sound bath style. We invite you to sprawl out on the floor, but please bring your own mat, pillow, and blanket. We also invite attendees to bring offerings of flowers for the Psychedelic Buddhist altar installation.

"Trust your divinity trust your brain trust your companions. Whenever in doubt turn off your mind relax float downstream.”

— The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead.

ODEYA NINI | Interdisciplinary Vocalist and Composer

Odeya is a Los Angeles based interdisciplinary vocalist and composer. At the locus of her interests are performance practices, gesture, textural harmony, tonal animation, and the illumination of minute sounds, in works spanning chamber music to vocal pieces and collages of musique concrète. Her solo vocal work extends the dimension and expression of the voice and body, creating a sonic and physical panorama of silence to noise and tenderness to grandeur. Odeya's work has been presented at venues and festivals across the US and internationally, such as The LA Phil, Merkin Concert Hall, Resonant Bodies Festival, The Broad Museum, and MONA from Los Angeles to Tel Aviv, Australia, Mongolia, Madagascar and Vietnam. Her performance of I See You was included in the The New Yorker’s 10 notable performances of 2021. She leads vocal sound baths, workshops and retreats exploring the transformative and healing qualities of embodying the voice.

CHRIS DINGMAN | Vibraphone
NYC-based vibraphonist and composer Chris Dingman is known for his distinctive approach to the instrument, at once sonically rich and conceptually expansive. In his captivating solo performances, he casts an enveloping atmosphere, creating layers of simultaneous sound that take listeners to a transcendent place. Chris has worked with the legendary artists Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter and many other of today’s jazz and world music luminaries. Based in NYC since 2002, Chris had been documenting his solo improvisations privately for many years. When his father entered hospice care in 2018, he created the 5-hour extended album Peace. This led to an ongoing evolution of his solo music and his critically acclaimed albums Journeys Vol. 1 and Vol. 2. Chris actively tours and has performed worldwide. NPR, the New York Times, AMNY, and many other publications have profiled him. He has received fellowships and grants from Chamber Music America, New Music USA, South Arts, and the Thelonious Monk Institute.

DOC KELLEY | Bardo Guide
Christopher “Doc” Kelley is a part-time professor in religious studies at Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts, The New School University, and Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara. He is also the co-founder of Psychedelic Sangha and lives in Brooklyn, NYC. Doc received a PhD in Religion from Columbia University, where he studied Indo-Tibetan Buddhism with Robert A. F. Thurman.
YOSUH JONES | Light Artist
Yosuh Jones is a multimedia artist from St. Petersburg, FL, currently in the Midwest. He works steadily in acrylic painting but also explores collage, mixed media, and, more recently, animation and video art. His works emphasize color, fluidity, and space. Some recurring themes include nature, Buddhist or Eastern religious imagery and concepts, and various symbols and psychedelic imagery with a simultaneous folk art feel or simplicity. He employs abstract, classical, geometric, surrealistic, and representational styles.
AUBREY NEHRING | Light Artist
Aubrey is an artist, animator, and designer based in Seattle, Washington. He has created work for advertising, educational and informational videos, posters, cards, t-shirts, and album cover art. He has enjoyed collaborating with many great folks on animation, motion design, music video projects, and providing visual projections for live music events.

Ticket Price: $30 (in-person event only, limited to 25 persons maximum capacity).

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Philosophical Research Society, 3910 Los Feliz Boulevard, Los Angeles, United States