Friday 16 May 2008

An Imp's Tale

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A deep sea volcano sat sleeping at the bottom of the Pacific as the imp’s tale started to unravel in ways unforseen yet ripe. The time was long ago and the air moist and warm. Unusually balmy days and nights in a way so consistent that one had to wonder if something was simmering down below. Life seemed so still in the endless void where change came with the wind and the sounds of the sea as a result. And in those days of nothing, those days of simple movement of the tides, warm murmurings of the air and the occasional sea bird that flew by, an urge arose to dive into the submerged if only to discover what gives. Warm water one would expect since everything else was but no, it was strange. The water was like ice. Cold cold water that froze time into space creating sharp memory. But wait, twas just the surface. Way down below far beneath it became warm again and all that could be seen as far as the eye could stretch were bubbles. And on one of those bubbles floated an imp – small in size, cute too. A rather shy imp but not afraid, a creature that knew its territory and knew its time. The imp lazed on the bubble enjoying the warm heat and felt thankful he was free.

Tuesday 6 May 2008

A Dance Between Chakras

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Phoenix Bar, Sydney - April 08. Photo by Sue-Ellen Rosenberg

Monday 5 May 2008

HOOP DISCO DREAMING

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two thousand and eight - the story so far...

It was 2007 and the hoop revolution was really starting to roll. mother hoop planet was signalling the need to begin construction of a satellite hoop platform that could revolve around planet earth spreading the hoop and combining the hoop with the disco in locations where they hadn't been together before. and so the hoopdisco was born - a holographic multi-platform-platform aiding communication with the Mother Hoop when activated - and in 2008 it's being activated out in the Australian desert at the mutonia sculpture park...

the journey // july 10th - 20th 2008

the activation is taking place 10/7 > 20/7 2008. originally it was to be activated in isolation out in the desert with hoopdisco friends + family, but MOther Hoop has re-routed us to the mutonia sculpture park to join in with EaRtHdReaM 2008 - hosted gratefully on the land of the arabunna people. this is out in the middle of the aussie desert. see the maps below.

what

this is a totally radical self-reliance trip - not like burningman where there are toilets / ice / coffee / wifi / firstaid stations etc, and not like a festival with food, water, entertainment etc. we bring everything in, we take everything out, leaving no unintended/disrespectful trace.

when

july 10th - sydney > cobar > broken hill
july 11th - broken hill > mutonia sculpture park, alberrie creek, south australia.
july 12th > july 18th - mutonia sculpture park / hoopdisco dreaming
july 19th - mutonia > broken hill
july 20th - broken hill > sydney / home

maps

go to google maps :
alberri creek or Mutonia Sculpture Park.
Alberrie Creek, SA.
60k north of Maree on the Oodnadatta Track,
overlooking Lake Eyre.

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kit

things to think about bringing:

food that doesn't need refrigeration
water (at least 4L / day / person)
shelter (tent / dome / tarp / bivvy)
clothes (warm & cold)
extra fuel / spare tire / tools
toilet stuff

links

earthdream / mutoid waste company

photos (flickr feed) - coming soon...

contact

nick@helveticaending.com or bunny@hoopempire.com

hoop disco under construction


Text by Nick Coppins

Snakes and the Epic Flight Continues

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Friday 2nd May

I'm sweeping leaves up into a pile. Somebody comes along and lifts the lid to find a coiled up black figure - I realise it's a snake and not to be touched. A girl joins me and in disbelief pokes the snake. It bites her on the wrist. The Scorpion appears and holds her leg at the back of the knee to prevent the poison from paralysing her.

I'm in a beauty salon but i'm not sure what I want done - eyelash tint, new hair... a huge moment of indecision and indifference. I walk out of the salon.

Sunday 4 May

At the beach with a bunch of people. Very high seas. We watch as tidal waves come in. Nick, Yamini, Karen and others are there. As the tidal wave comes in we all cling to wooden panels of a building and hold with all of our strength so we don't get washed out to sea. As the wave passes I look around and can't see Nick and hope that he is OK. I see people floating way out in the ocean and life guards saving them - I wonder in a moment of anxiety if it is Nick. Then I realise he and Yamini and Karen are all safely inside a building. I move into this building. It is high up off the ground. I wonder if its foundations will withstand the stormy seas as we continue to watch the massive swell. I see a guy drop off an extremely high cliff with his surfboard. I look in disbelief as he plumets far down into the ocean and figure he must be on drugs. He lands perfectly in the swell of a wave and begins to ride it but the wave is huge so he dissolves into it. I feel the building start to crumble and realise it is collapsing so I start to fly.

An epic flying journey. Flying men chasing me. A new development. Last time I flew I realised he could also. Now he is multiplied and not only flying around me but flying after me. The chase was more an adventure than frightening experience. I fly through small windows into other worlds and down a long pathway in a forest as they fly after me. At one point I float vertically and program myself to jet upwards like a rocket.

Love these flying dreams! Such a blissful way to sleep.