Kostume Kult Presents: A.I. A.I. Oh! - Black & Light Ball 2023

Kostume Kult Presents:

--= A.I. A.I Oh! =--

Black & Light Ball 2023

THEME

At Black & Light Ball, all forms of electronic or black light reactive fashions are encouraged. For this year's theme, consider the artistic and absurdist possibilities of Artificial Intelligence -- Utopic, Dystopic and especially "Neontopic". Seed this metaphoric farm, wade into the black light and generate eye-popping visions as a unique creation, artificially enhanced nursery rhyme character or glowing animal ready for BM23's Animalia theme... With an Oink Oink here, and a Beep Beep there!

THEATRICAL THEME (in development)

Enter Old MakkDonald's Cyber Farm. Upgrade your software, enhance your hard drive and expand your capabilities with our revolutionary KK-AI... Performance before midnight, interactive activities throughout. Get involved! (link below).

MUSIC (DJ's spinning electronic beats in two rooms)

AIRA

WildMike

GENE VALENTINE

MORE TBA!

ART & ACTIVITIES

- Midnight Fashion Show

- MakkDonald Theater

- The Singularity

- Reverse Turing Tests

- Robotic Petting Zoo

- Barnyarn Maze

- Body Painting by Jaskela Body Art

MORE TBA (suggest something below!)

GET INVOLVED:

Propose Art/ Activity:

Volunteer:

TEAM

Production: Gene Harrison

Music Curation: Kishti & Gene Harrison

Theatrical: Alex Gurevich

Lighting: Christian Diaz

Photographer Wrangler: Tom Egan

Ticketing issues: [email protected]

Flyer by Alizarin Zroob & Costume Jim with Midjourney. Old timey copywriting.

ABOUT BLACK & LIGHT BALL AND KOSTUME KULT

Black & Light Ball is an annual springtime fundraiser for Kostume Kult (Costume Cultural Society), a non-profit arts org supporting costume art, street theater and big fun while bringing wonderful people together. Historically a psychedelic spoof of Truman Capote's Black & White Ball, BLB #18 is a high tech event mixing glowing light art and fabulous fluorescent fashions illuminated by a vast array of black lights. All KK events are participatory theater where the guests are the players and where we take any artistic license that makes things more fun or ridiculous. Get involved, join us at kostumekult.com/join/

COMMUNITY CODES

True to Burning Man’s 10 Principles: Kostume Kult is inclusive, welcoming the stranger and all those who dare to participate. Our events are safe spaces where we welcome new people while warning everyone to *respect boundaries* and *ask first* when photographing or flirting

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

The Tailor Public House, 505 8th Ave, New York, United States