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Carey Thompson

About Carey Thompson

It is our responsibility as humans to shift our relationship with the spirit of nature and restore our connectedness with all that is before we move beyond the point of no return and ensure our own destruction. This shift needs to occur within, deep within our consciousness, so that it can permeate throughout our bodies into our behaviors and life patterns so that the collective may be restored as it once was, in true resonance with the rest of life on this planet and the rest of life in the universe. I have discovered that the arts are perhaps the most powerful tool towards this goal. I have been deeply inspired by the creative offerings of others, through music, painting, dance, as well as by the art that surrounds us all the time in the form of forests, beaches, mountains, and rivers.
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Dance Temple : Boom Festival 2012- Carey Thompson

I had the great honor this year of directing the vision of the Dance Temple at Boom Festival this summer in Portugal in addition to art directing the festival as a whole. I started with the stage design then added elements to compliment the vision and utilized the amazing resource of my galactic alliance of artist buddies to make it real. The Do Lab came and made the most beautiful structure in which to totally go off in. Big thanks in addition to them go to Seth Weinburg who was my build assistant for the stage and entry portal, Luke Brown for his contribution on the dj booth, Daniel Popper for sculpting the Quetzaldragons, Carin Dickson for painting them so incredibly, Xavi Panneton for designing the central tower, the Boom team for their production assistance, and all the folks who put in so much heart and soul to make this vision manifest. Big thanks as well to Russia’s Quantuum Tribe and the Cosmic Walkers from Germany for the beautiful and elegant flower pods on the temple’s periphery.Id also like to thank Oskar & Gaspar video team for their excellent projection mapping and Android Jones for his epic visuals as well.LEDs brought to you by EDMT. It was a collaborative dream that revealed the true potential of our creative community. Here is a sampling of imagery from the experience.

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Here are some video links: Play them in HD if possible.

Dance Temple at Night with Android Jones on visuals

Daytime fun inside the Dance Temple

Psychedelic Dance Temple- Video by Omananda

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Carey Thompson – Portals and bioconstructions

I wanted to share this folder with the Pod community of various installations I’ve created over the years from 2005 to the present. They range considerably in size, scope, and materials used. I really love to create spaces intended to connect people with the natural order, as sacred architecture has for millennia. It is especially enjoyable to create structures that can then be activated with the most current lighting concepts and projections.  Mostly, these structures exist within the festival culture, but I hope to continue to evolve the designs to create more permanent installations in different settings. Coming up this summer, I will be designing and building the main stage area at the Boom festival in Portugal. Fellow podulars will be joining me to collaborate including Xavi, Andrew Jones, and Luke Brown. I will then be returning to the west coast to construct a large portal for the Center Camp of Burning Man. I finally applied for a grant from Burning Man and I am very excited that my proposal was accepted and they will be funding the project. I will post again by the fall to share what was created. I hope you all enjoy. Thanks….

More to see on my website www.galactivation.com