LONDON EXHIBITION (with RITUAL & PERFORMANCE) and Performance at the Thelemic Symposium (Oxford)
Labyrinth of Alchemised Honey is an invitation to step into a world of hand-crafted, soul-sculpted Art, myth, poetry and magic created by MELISSA ARTEMIS SHEMANNA & ORRYELLE DEFENESTRATE-BASCULE.
‘To the Great Potnia – we offer Honey. To the Priestess of the Labyrinth – We offer Honey’
-Minoan inscription, Crete.
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It’s hard to capture in photos the level of detail and the scale of this oil painting,
so please come to the exhibition and see the original.
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An exhibition of original oil & tempera paintings, lit sumptuously on raw cave-like walls. Sculptures of clay, wood, bronze and dripping honeycomb installed creatively throughout the labyrinthine space, hanging poetry written on silk -an invitation to meander through a sensuous foray for contemplation. Projections of telluric images evocative of the mythic glyphs of our universal mother tongue flicker on the ceiling of the earthen womb, taking you into the numinous dreaming. Within a magical installation, regenerative symbols and sigils revivify the font of Mnemosyne.
Original Paintings, Sculptures, Drawings, and some limited edition prints available exclusively during this exhibition.
Labyrinth of Alchemised Honey is a production of The Honeybee Temple Arts Pollinator (Private Art Foundation), curated by Melissa Shemanna.
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The CRYPT Gallery is an old church yard crypt, that has been transformed years ago to create the St Pancras Crypt Gallery – an underground cave/ womb-like space that is both mysterious and sacred to step into and a perfect space to create an atmospheric interactive world within, to transform and inspire the viewers with a progressive installation rather than just works on white walls.
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The CRYPT GALLERY – ST PANCRAS (10 min walk from St Pancras International Station). 2 Dukes Road, London, WC1H 9AB
Exhibition duration: Sept 24th -28th, 4pm-7pm daily.
OPEN VIEWING EVENT FRIDAY 27th SEPT, 5pm-9pm
RITUAL CEREMONY: 6-6.45pm The Sacred Bee as emissary beyond the veil: We will be holding a ritual ceremony within the space, to nourish and awaken the collective hive mind’s creative essence, in a rite of passage that includes music and meditation/visualisation, participants will be moving with us on a journey through the labyrinth and beyond the veil of Hymen~op~Terra, to find and embody our living mythical presence in the dreaming, to alchemise our true essence and be imbued and anointed with soul honey, inspiration, artistry and initiation.
PERFORMANCE & ART NIGHT: SATURDAY Sept 28th 5pm-9pm
Orryelle performs with voice (inc throat singing) and violin, butoh dance and live clay body arts.
Honey Mead, ceremonial cacao, apothecary tinctures & BYO
RSVP on fb event page here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1250574299648056
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Performance at the Thelemic Symposium in Oxford UK on the Sept. 21st EquinoX:
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Evoking Babalon with voice and violin through loop and FX pedals, Orryelle conjures an atmosphere of sanctity, opening a doorway with vibration and gesture for the Thelemic Goddess.
Overtones and undertones coalesce with the use of harmonic chanting and throat-singing. Electronic frequencies surge and strings soar to form the Gateway. Ritual dance of the horned priest calls forth the Queen of the Heavens for the Feast of flesh and form.
More info, speakers, tickets etc. here: https://www.visible-college.org/symposium-performances
Interview with Orryelle about his performance at the Symposium here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4R8A8LEgAt8