Tuesday, April 28, 2009






Photosynthesis Festival 2009

Photosynthesis Festival is a Collective Flow Event,
That means if your down with the flow, this is your event!


This year we are proud to take you to glorious Trout Lake WA, underneath the majestic Mt Adams, to celebrate life and energy in all forms.

Photosynthesis Festival, a Collective Flow Production, is dedicated to building strong, sustainable communities by bringing together nature, music, art, and education. This year we intend to place special focus on sustainable living through permaculture, renewable energy, water conservation, holistic healing, yoga, waste reduction, and tool making.
Join us August 7th - 10th as Photosynthesis Festival starts its annual celebration of life and the beauty we behold here everyday in the northwest. This years event expects to involve music on 3 stages, with a fourth area devoted to community gatherings and chill beats. Come and take place in the photosynthesis of self and MAKE ENERGY!

More info at www.photosynthesisfestival.com

(Line up as of July 3rd, 2009)

Ninjatune Showcase:

Amon Tobin

Kid Koala

Daedelus

Performances by:

LawnChair Generals

Kilowatts

Michael Manahan

Kj Sawka

Siamese

NovaTRON

Electrosect

Jerry Abstract

TKO

Murderbot

Ancient Tounge

Ctrl_Alt_Dlt

Brandon S

Joee Irwin

Ryan Organ

DopeLabs

Nordic Soul

Ramiro

The NovaTron Lounge

Bounce Brigade

Future Simple Project

Danger Russ

Lafa Taylor

Miraja

Mikey Fisher

Ruff Hauser

Rob Noble

Zapper

Heavenly father

Datgirl

Nerd Revolt = m.0 (Maurice Jackson) + the iLL.F.O. (Catherine Jade)

Gel-Sol

Mark Wand

Surrealized

Rob Anonymous

The Voice

Fresh Breathless

Red.soul

Ruso

Northstar

Noel Vaughn

Shapeshifter

Innerflight Showcase

Anglo Satellite

ESBE

Harrison Chaafe

Manos

Rhines

Kadeejah Streets

Night Train

Packy

Phil Western

From 0-1 Showcase:

Brian Zentz

the automatic message

Alexis Bowles

Sone

Milkplant

Audible Bicycle Day Showcase:

Skoi Sirius

Max Head Inn

ESNCE

Playing with Knobs

Sweet Beets

Richard La Chapelle

Fuzzy Cogitator

Cotec

Vex

Molecular Showcase:

N8IV

Lady Miss Athena

Waater Maark

Aleph Null

Muschi

Aaron Hoyle

Also Featuring:

Noisemaker

Skyler

Mynus

Recess

Menami

Introcut and MC Filkoe

Hendrik vanRensburg

Deaf Child

Packy

Panty Control

Jon Glist

Halo Refuser

Anomie Belle

Deep Vibez

Dyno Jamz

Aqueous

Dev Null

Forrest

Mustardseed

Okizoo

Jissaan

Nickyjee

M'chateau

Goner

Claude Balzac

Reef Encounter

Evelyn Bosker

Matty K

Aksion

Grym

Leisure sound

Aaron Simpson

Travis Baron

Adlib

Roddimus

Opt Out

Will Mempa

Heywood Andrew

Anti-Freeze

Awgger = (Awggie + Treggor)

Von Dewey

The LoveVirus

Alpenglo

ekiM

Marxman .45 and Smear

Capt. Tripps

Organic Colletive

Craig Kuna

Contents

Dawn of Sound

Tranzformer

Monts de

Medical Grade

James Kirkby

Microdot



ART BY:


Ephraim Peniston

Ephraim Peniston is a Seattle-based artist who finds life too short to keep to one medium. His graphic arts in collaboration with web media take on proactive initiatives that communicate movement and change, his fine arts explore the abstract, aiming to portray the knowledge and beauty he finds within life and his photography attempts to capture and further expand upon the intricate world around us.

Ephraim is probably most noted for his 'rust' paintings, where he uses metals to leave impressions on paper. This is a medium he has been exploring and building on for years. At Photosynthesis Festival, he will be sharing with us some of his newest works both live and in the gallery.

Placeboarts.com




Cameron Nagashima


Cameron Nagashima is not bound by medium or materials. His life and mind exists in a constant state of creation, whether through photography, painting, or dancing down the streets with the music of the city." Life is creation there for life is art." At 24 he is now working on multiple series of Art photos call," Making something before could" and a painting series depicting hypersurreal trees.More info coming to www.PhotosynthesisFestival.com



Geo

George Atherton seeks to create medicinal narratives. My education empowered me with a vision of how I could use my art to disseminate information that serves the causes of social justice. Since then I've been channeling my energies into launching a career as a professional comic book artist and animator. In my work I plant and nurture the seeds of revolution, encouraging viewers to rise up, connect with each other and work to propel us into a brilliant new stage of human evolution.




Jacob Aman

In 2005 Jacob Aman started an artistic project called the Rebirth of Totem with the intent to build upon NW tribal art and use it as a platform for downloading and rendering other-dimensional mindscapes. Now the next phase of this project is commencing, born out of my interest in biochemistry, mathematics and tryptabeing complexes--currently this phase of the artistic experiment is called mandalic chemistry. The plan is to show molecular interactions within cells as spiritual interactions, adding sacred geometries and artistic rendering over documented biochemical processes. After this phase is underway, Jacob will begin to paint new imaginary plant life as an attempt to attract new plant forms into existence (i.e. this is a precursor to plant breeding).

www.jacobaman.com



Ty Young




Maren Olsen

Maren feels that art is a sacred practice and is dedicated to capturing geometry, rhythm, mathematical sequence, color theory, and numbers in hopes of creating a body of objects that will unify and harmonize both sides of the brain. She studies Fine Art at Evergreen State College and her current series is called Manual Digital.

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Encouraging Growth. Offical Photosynthesis Festival Kitchen Fundraiser


Encouraging growth.

Lets do it again. This first fund raiser event is designed not only to explore phattie underground party spots, but also to encourage growth among humans. That means FOOD!




Join us this Saturday april 25th at the MARGINAL WAY SKATE PARK

BBQ will take place between 2:00 pm and ???

Head to the corner of Alaskan Way, and Hanford

PLEASE BRING a 10$ DONATION AND A CANNED GOOD OR TWO!

All proceeds go directly to the Sweet Peeps Kitchen, your official Photosynthesis Festival donation run kitchen.


(Sweet Peeps works hard to feed not only hungry festie kids, but also the poor, homeless and malnourished people in our local comunity. Read shilo's review to get an idea of how we put it all together)

http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll


Expect to hear music from Seattle finest, including but not limited to:

Michael Manahan
Michael Holden
Noisemaker
Mustard Seed (live MPC set!)
Skyler
Jon Glist
Aaron Hoyle

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Yoga Workshop at the Church of Bass Sunday April 19th
















April 19th 2009,
The Transcendent Church Of Bass is hosting a yoga workshop. This event is designed for everyone interested in yoga, as well as teachers looking to teach, and learners looking to commence learning.


During the workshop we will cover the following:

* the philosphy of yoga, including an introduction to the Yoga Sutras

* a ninety minute "Introduction to Ashtanga Yoga" class,

incorporating each of the eight limbs of yoga into our moving meditation

* the benefits of regular practice

* the goals and intention behind the the Church of Bass Donation based Yoga program;

* the Church of Bass and our future direction

Date & Time: 3:30pm – 6:30pm on Sunday April 19, 2009

Location: Transcendent Church of Bass, 920 Elliott Ave W, Seattle WA 98119

Donation: We're working towards sustainability and suggest a $25 donation for this workshop. No-one will be turned away for lack of funds; give what you can afford.

Here's how you can help:

* please RSVP (rsvp@churchofbass.org) to give us an indication of attendance

* please invite your friends - we'd like to spread the word to the far reaches of our community

* please bring your yoga mat; dress in comfortable loose fitting clothing; come ready to move and breathe

**This workshop is open to all ages and all levels of practice.

Reminder: The Church Of Bass offers regular yoga classes every week on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 6:30pm, as well as Saturday morning at 10:30am