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.

To participate in this event, come to the open meeting tonight.

We offer you: free drinks, food and a lowdown of what is to happen on the 29th. You bring: your energy, your performer friends and a willingness to make something magnificent happen.

Wed. July 26th from 8:30pm to 10pm
@ Holasek Weir Projects
547 W. 21st Street (@ 11th Ave)
Subway: C, E, 1, 9, F to 23rd Street and walk West.

This is what you’ve been waiting for: wild abandon +
street liberation on a night full of fire.

http://www.onenightoffire.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

1| The Inevitable Shift
2| One Night of Fire : Invite to Create
3| Metropolis in Motion : Saturday
4| BAP Lab : Saturday
5| Ignite the Fire : Friday : July 28th

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Next week we will see the final coming of an inevitable shift. I wish I could promise a cease-fire in the Middle East, impeachment hearings in Washington DC, or Christmas in July. But our miracles are limited.

Saturday July 29th, will be the end of Complacent Nation (and the start of the next great step.) For the past seven years we have dabbled in acts of hilarity and consciousness, in decadence and beauty, in hope and failure. With One Night of Fire the Complacent Nation goes up in flames and the next chapter is born of ashes.

July 29th will see the waking of a new fervent adventure through media, parties and nights of spontaneous beauty. Be ready for the passion, the possibility, TheDanger.com.

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One Night of Fire : Saturday July 29th : Creators Wanted

A few weeks ago a small group of artists and event organizers came together to discuss building a follow-up event to last years First Warm Night street party. We decided to create something that would reignite the dreams of this city, a night of street liberation and subway revelry ending in epic spectacle.

And the theme? The theme will be fire. Because fire is our metaphor for liberation - fire is our catharsis - fire is that magic mix of beauty and danger that excites even the most cynical.

In an era of darkness we offer: One Night of Fire.

In order to make this ambitious night of free revelry a beautiful success we are inviting you, the inspired and creative, to take this event in your own hands.

This is your chance to participate:

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Join C.Spot Designs, Complacent Nation and Emergency Arts in a costume creation workshop to make Phoenix wings, music mixes and other bits of beauty.

This Sunday, July 23rd : 4pm to 8pm
and Thursday, July 27th : 7pm to 11pm
551 West 21st St. - 21st Street & 11th Avenue.
Enter through the loading dock off the Highway.

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Open Performer/Artists/Helper Meeting: All fire-performers, stiltswalkers, street dancers, public performers, drummers, march band members, candy-stripers, music makers and talented dreamers are invited to this meeting. Even if you have no idea how you can be of use to an event like this, come through - we have roles you can play.

We offer you: free beer, food and a lowdown of what is to happen on the 29th. You bring: your energy, your performer friends and a willingness to make something magnificent happen.

Wed. July 26th from 8:30pm to 10pm
@ Holasek Weir Projects
547 W. 21st Street (@ 11th Ave)
Subway: C, E, 1, 9, F to 23rd Street and walk West.

This is what you’ve been waiting for: wild abandon + street liberation on a night full of fire.

http://www.onenightoffire.com

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Metropolis in Motion : DANCING IS NOT A CRIME!
Saturday, July 22, 2006 from 2-4 PM

This is an invitation to participate in an open-air dance event to bring attention to the antiquated and restrictive New York City cabaret laws!

We will provide some music for us all to move & groove & shake to, but like all the best things in life *you* are the one who will move & groove & shake the afternoon, so please — Dress Up, Bring Friends, Bring Music, Bring your Congas & Guitar, your Tapshoes and Flamenco dress, Tamborine, Voice, Accordian & your joyful exuberant spirit!

Meet at the corner of the Honorable Mayor Bloomberg’s
home.
East 79th Street and Fifth Avenue.
Take the 6 train to 77th, the M79 or M2L buses to 79th and
Fifth, or the M1, M2, M3, or M4 buses to 79th and Madison.

We are a Metropolis in Motion:
http://metropolisinmotion.org

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BAPLab @ 3rd Ward
80 Artists, 14 hours, 1 Amazing Venue.
Celebrating Digital Art and Culture

Saturday July 22nd : 4pm - 6am
195 Morgan Ave. $10

A one day festival of new media art, electronic music, DJs and bands celebrating culture. We have curated over 80 Artists into 8+ separate rich and diverse Art, Music, Video and New Media programs.

BAPLab is a call to arms to the disparate tribes of New York’s digital-futurists, drawing together from among the best and the brightest of a new generation of artists and musicians.

:: New Media Art Programs :: Culling artists from the rosters of the MoMA, The Whitney Museum, and the Venice Biennial BAPLab is featuring over 40 visual artists. Spread out over the 20,000 sq foot first floor are 20+ rooms filled with a dazzling array of New Media Installations, Light Sculptures, User Controlled Video Installations, Interactive Robots, Floors that move under your feet, Plants that make sound and more.

New Media Artists include Benton C. Bainbridge, Doug Henderson, Ernesto Klar, Feedtank, free103point9, Guy Ben-Ner, LoVid, Mighty Robot AV Squad and the ITP Digital Showcase.

:: Music Programs :: From Microsound, Avant-Guarde, Ambient and Academic all the way through to Minimal Techno, Tech-House and Dub, BAPLab hosts musicians that are exemplary in their fields. The day begins slowly, with the music soft and cerebral and gradually builds in energy until the Night Program Begins.

Featuring: Richard Chartier, Keith Fullerton Whitman, Mon.Key.Pod, Stars Like Fleas, David Linton, Charles Cohen & Matty Ostrowski Trio, Harkness AV Salon, Mighty Robot A/V Squad, Thomas Dexter, Nick Hallett, Seth Kirby, Joshua Thorson and Zach Layton.

On the Third Floor: Helios, Machinedrum, Lusine, Insideout & Camea, Ryan, Hakan, Nick AC, David Last, Nicholas Sauser, Ryan Crosson, Wolf + Lamb, eVa + Igal of Loft-N-Space closing out at 6am.

There are many more performers, for the full listing see:
http://bushwickartproject.org/

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[Note: The event below is a warm-up for the massive street party happening the night after. Funds from the bar of this event will go to support the street party, funds from the door go to support an amazin journey and good cause.]

Igniting the Fire : Friday July 28th

Join Akim Funk Buddha and Capoeira fusion mistress Myla Flores for an event supporting The Rehabilitation Art Fund, a project initiated by Projectile Arts to develop intercultural dance, film and theatre works.

“Taste of Brazil” (7:30 pm) features Brazilian foods, drinks, live music, song, dance, and a “Roda”, consisting of Brazilian instruments, graceful martial art, and uplifting Capoeira. “Igniting the Fire” (9:30 pm), is a performance-oriented party with aerial, urban and Balinese inspired mask dances, performed by a host of international musicians and movement artists ranging from Brazil, Japan, New York and more.

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.

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

Holasek Weir Projects
547 W. 21st Street (@ 11th Ave)
Subway: C or E to 23rd Street
$10 from 9:30pm and later
$25 for the dinner at 7:30pm

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Yes, you read correct.
Complacent Nation is ending.
TheDanger.com is beggining.

It will all become clear on:
One Night of Fire.

[Note: For the past few weeks we have been planning a simple/intimate/extraordinary street event for this weekend. As we finalized the plan, we realized this Night of Fire deserves more; it deserves you. In order to make this street party bigger, badder and more full of fire we have moved the date to Saturday July 29th. Below is your invitation to participate. This is the one. Hold tight to your matchsticks.]

One Night of Fire
Saturday July 29th : Sunset through Late
http://www.onenightoffire.com

On the first warm night of last year artists, performers and over a thousand wild-eyed revelers took the streets of Red Hook Brooklyn. It was a night of fireworks, march bands, champagne, flatbed soundsystems and police-helicopters set against the epic ruins of a forgotten era. Saturday, July 29th, you are invited to participate in the next iteration: “One Night of Fire”.

In an era of darkness, we light our own flame.

Imagine: a street, a train and a massive fire finale. We’ve moved the date of this event in order to have greater participation from you artists and dreamers who have been so enthusiastic about making this night unforgettable. For everyone who has desired participation in these events, this is your chance.

Join us for the planning meeting:
Sunday, July 16th
@ 49 East Houston St.
Ground floor, a block from Lafayette.
7pm to 9:30pm or so.

At this meeting we will review the plan of action, the creative concept and how you can participate. This event is themed around fire (done safely), but has opportunities for all types of performance. We want costume makers, stilt walkers, more fire-spinners, drummers, guides/helpers, sound-system guards, body-balancers, tabla-players, spontaneous performers, puppet builders, dragon dancers, brass-band members, vodka-infusers, rocketeers and anyone who is interested in being an active part of keeping New York City alive, livid and lit with wild abandon.

In a city of structure, we are the spark of liberation.

Join us this Sunday, to meet, drink and plan. If you can’t make it Sunday there will be one other public meeting before the big event, now set-in-stone for Saturday, July 29th.

http://www.onenightoffire.com

p.s. Looking for fun this weekend? This is it:

Times Up! and Rude Mechanical Orchestra Fundraiser:

Friday, July 14th

8pm-late
@ the Times Up Space
49 E. Houston St.
Suggested donation $7-10

Environmental action has never sounded so good! Two long time allies are teaming up for an evening of rocking out and raising money for the good fight.

NYCs punk rock radical marching band the Rude Mechanical Orchestra leads an evening of music that includes Monkeyshine 9, Heavy Creatures, Quick Release and Phil Not Bombs. Each band includes at least one member of the RMO, so you know itll be good. Also featuring DJ Suggested D’s dance floor madness and the infamous blender bike.

1| Emergency : Friday : 9pm until Late
2| Kiss Kiss Bang Bang : Thanks and Photos
3| One Night of Fire : July 15th : A Hint of the Future

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In this era of inconvenient truths we find ourselves torn in a battle of the Land vs. the Sea. This Friday you are invited to participate in an art and performance benefit event that explores the state of our nation in this era on the brink.

EMERGENCY
Friday - 7/7 – 9pm until late
547 W. 21st St. at 11th Ave
http://www.emergencyarts.com/july7/

This journey is built of live performance fused with epic-scale sculpture, DJ’s alongside candlelit artifacts and the eternal comforts of shelter, sustenance, music, drink and dance.

The gallery space of Holasek Weir Projects has been transformed into an immersive art landscape featuring a central shelter and the village of Land vs. the village of Sea. Upon entering you will be offered the scent of the earth, the taste of the sea and immaculate/delicate makeup art by Chiho Omae.

In the Village of Land: Debonair creates a cozy lounge of mint tea, earthen edibles, and future-telling. In the Village of Sea: The Miss Rockaway Armada offers watermelon shots, guitar songs and sailor blues along with oceanic video projections.

At the center of the gallery Thomas Beale presents a massive sculpture sheltering tribal performance by Akim Funk Buddha featuring a kinetic opera of aerial acts, body balancers and Brazilian drums by Seceda of the Urban Roots Project, Blumuse Dance, body-poet Kazuma Motomura, Roela LaMazing, Vivian on drums and Akiko the funky geisha. The late night is consumed with world-music beats and eclectic dance featuring dj’s $mall (c)hange, Darya Roquette, Gopal and Johny B. Plus earthen video projections by TheDanger.

This event is a benefit for Emergency, a collective of artists responding to environmental and political crises in society. Based in the heart of the Chelsea art market, Emergency’s mission is to reintroduce a social conscience and the concept of community in an artworld flush with wealth and egotism. Monies raised by this event will pay for the construction our 40,000sqft. studio work space.

This is one night of hope and possibility in this
time of Emergency.

EMERGENCY
$10 – Cheap Drinks
Friday - 7/7 – 9pm until late
547 W. 21st St. at 11th Ave
http://www.emergencyarts.com/july7/

Presented by Holasek Weir Projects, Thomas Beale,
Complacent Nation, Emergency Arts, TheDanger.com
and the Miss Rockaway Armada.

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Last Saturday, 1,400 of you came through our simple/ecstatic loft party in wilds of Brooklyn. Your energy and enthusiasm is astonishing - we cant live without the graciousness of your smile, the heat of your dance and your stamina to last past 10am on a gorgeous Sunday morning. This was a night of vanilla kisses, vodka-gun-shots, stilt walkers and epidemic dreamers. The sound was so tight it shook the paint from the ceiling (the ceiling is being scraped and repainted for the next event) the night so clear we could see for miles. This is the first of what we hope will be many events at the rawspace at 3rd Ward.

For select photos from this event look to:
http://www.complacent.org/kisskissbangbang/

Mark your calendars for Saturday August 5th, as we refine the edges of the space and bring even more energy and performance into this new amazing venue.

Photographers, video makers, wood workers, metal builders and sound technicians looking for work space should look at the offerings of 3rd Ward Brooklyn, an artist run factory of creation.

Details can be found at: http://www.3rdwardbrooklyn.org

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Many of you have written in asking how you can be a part of building these events. Saturday July 15th we are building a street event of epic proportion. This is your opportunity to get involved in something bigger than life and full of fire. Look for the open artist call early next week, with a public organizing meeting scheduled for Thursday July 13th.

This is event is everything you never expected.