Above Banner: Installation view of the south west walls

VOID OBLATION was curated by Barbara Little, w/ installation & promotional support by Luna Rail, Agitator member.

The psychedelic experience is at once visionary, transformative, challenging, revolutionary, terrifying, blissful, disorganized, saturated, poetic, frenetic, and endlessly mutating. “Psychedelic” experiences are not limited to chemically induced phenomena - a huge range of human experiences and emotions can induce perceptual shifts, radical introspection, shadow work, self-confrontation, and ultimately the opportunity for transmutation. 

If we are to shift cultural perceptions surrounding the role of psychedelics in personal growth and healing, we must sit with what the psychedelic experience actually means, feels, and looks like. To fully integrate these experiences we must sit with the challenging aspects as well as the ecstatic ones. The pieces selected for this show confront this dissonance and celebrate the nuance and confusion this experience can bring.

Void Oblation - an offering of oneself, in veneration and gratitude, into the chaos of the unknown.

The VOID OBLATION exhibition includes a 1-day weekend workshop:

Artistic Alchemy :: Dec 1 / 1:00 – 3:00 pm
Transforming Psychedelic Insights Into Creative Expression, presented by Valery Shuman LCPC, ATR-BC & Lauren Parente LCSW, CADC

The VOID OBLATION exhibition concluded with a panel discussion:

Psychedelic Harm Reduction & Policy :: Dec 6 / 6:30 – 10:00 pm
Discussion with panelists followed by a letter writing workshop in support of the Illinois CURE Act (HB0001)