Barry Raphael

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This Machine Makes You Hallucinate by JOAO MEDEIROS

Prolonged exposure to strobe lights has a psychedelic effect, which researchers are investigating as a way to heal the brain. LAST SUMMER, IN various cities in the UK, more than 40,000 people visited the Dreamachine, a large space designed to induce hallucinatory experiences with white stroboscopic light and electronic music. Twenty to 30 people were allowed into …

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Those who came up in the ‘move fast and break things’ era are learning to slow down and make things: The Maker Movement

  A recent Washington Post article by Lisa Bonos, “They built the digital world. Now they just want to sew and make chairs,” focuses on new workshops that teach people how to work with their hands, and how gratifying the process is. Many attending are technology workers who sit in front of computer screens all …

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Thanks to Denver Westword for Featuring the Immersive Art-Jazz Experience on Memorial Weekend

Thanks to the Denver Westword Staff for including our Friday event, Immersive Jazz-Art Experience at Lumonics in Things to Do in Denver this Memorial Weekend. Jazz at LumonicsFriday, May 26, 7 p.m.Lumonics Light & Sound Gallery, 800 East 73rd Avenue, #11Lumonics gets jazzy in addition to immersive every third and fourth Friday of the month, …

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May Newsletter

Happy May, Everyone!Appreciating the longer days! Lumonics ImmersedEvery Saturday at 8 pm Hope you can see Sanctum (1992) by Mel Tanner, the “newest” addition at Lumonics Immersed. Teammate Marc Billard recently photographed Sanctum. So happy it is no longer in storage! Light artists Dorothy and Mel Tanner originated this multisensory experience in 1969. Although they …

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