7-29 One Night of Fire!

Complacent Nation / TheDanger.com invites you to:

One Night of Fire
This Saturday : July 29th : Sunset
Absolutely Free.


New details: http://www.onenightoffire.com

This is your Saturday night: a moment of awe, a glimpse of the impossible and the intoxication of your nightlife set free.

Several years ago I came to this city in search of days of beauty and nights of fire.  Thus began Complacent Nation: seven years of massive art parties, intimate escapades,
epic success and infamous failure.  This Saturday is the culmination of our journey - a burning adventure of the everything-is-possible realized with music, performance and the spectacle of flame.

Because you love revelry spiked with risk, this is the night you dream of.

A tight cabal of artists, performers and miracle makers has come together to create simple moments of beauty within a massive carnival of fire.  Expect: dozens of drummers stilt walkers fire spinners renegade aerialists fireworks & rocketships gifts of liquor brass march bands champagne showers a liberated water-front the unending spectacle of sparks and flame and a night gone wild.

This event is epic, if you want it.

This party is free, open and participatory.  If you have a costume wear it (the more immaculate the better), if you have a drink share it (discreetly), if you have music play it, and if you see something wrong set it right or keep moving.

The colors for this night are red, yellow and orange. Arrive in fire themed costume (think: Pheonix, Iccarus, Prometheus, M. Jackson circa 1984) or dress in red/yellow/orange.  Bring gifts to share of red/yellow/orange (think: whip-cream on cherries, orange sorbet, vodka and lemonade, rubber duckies, match-sticks).

The start location will be announced on this list, Friday at 2pm.

Aim yourself for way-down-town Manhattan/Brooklyn, 7:57pm sharp.


*This event is absolutely free.*


We create these moments because this city deserves to be alive, because you deserve the night and we couldn't imagine living any other way.  This night has all the potential for infamous amusement or forgettable tragedy. Your participation will turn the difference.  This is the start of an urgent idea that has been building for years - an unapologetic celebration of a life lived free.  This is the passion, the possibility and the birth of TheDanger.com.


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The event below is a warm-up for Saturday's One Night of Fire.  Join us and meet the performers who make all of this happen.   Proceeds from the bar will cover the costs of the street event, donations at the door go to a very good cause.

Akim Funk Buddha and Myla Flores present:

Ignite the Fire

Friday, July 28, 2006
7:30 pm to 4:00am

@ Holasek Weir Projects
547 W. 21st Street (near 11th Ave)
Subway: C or E to 23rd Street

$10 after 9:30pm
Arrive with $25 between 7:30pm and 9:30pm for a special
Brazilian dinner and drinks.

9:30pm - Dj Sabine (afro beat/ afro house/ global grooves).
Special appearance by ethereal vocalist Imani Uzuri.

12:00-  Dj Kwame' Akbar (brazilian beats, breaks, global soul).
Live brazilian drums by silent mystic Vivian & Co.

Urban international appearances all night: theatrics and futuristic dances under the epic dome sculpture of Thomas Beale. Roving performers & spontaneous fire ritual under the orchestration of Akim Funk Buddha, a Balinese inspired mask dance from Myla Flores, a performance from the body poet Kazuma Mutamura, and a Japanese tea ceremony with Akiko 'the funky geisha.'

Come get bewildered.

Proceeds from this event will support Akim Funk Buddha under the The Rehabilitation Art Fund as he travels to Brazil to research in Rio de Janeiro this August, where he will also be performing in the International Capoeira Games.  Donations can be made directly to Projectile Arts, a 501c3 not-for-profit organization that manages the fund. Akim Funk Buddha is the director of Projectile Art's Urban Affairs Department.


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Mark your calendar for the next massive loft event from TheDanger.com / Complacent Nation.

I (heart) DANGER redux
Saturday, August 5th
@ 3rd Ward Brooklyn
195 Morgan Ave.
9pm to 9am (or later)

Earlier this year we hosted an event of danger art, daring dj's and intimate devilry.  Because of space limitations we had to limit the attendance of that party.  This time we have no limitations.  Over 20 artists are teaming to build a landscape of interactive experiences and dangerous ideas.  With house, drum & bass and minimal techno from Mathew Dear, eVa, Wolf Lamb, Spinoza, dj Winter, Fflood and many many more.

Details will be at:
http://www.thedanger.com/iheartdanger

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