An affordable three day all-ages camping event. Come party at a pond with DJs, a live band, large scale and interactive art.

Attractions include the burning of a formal effigy (a doomed owl), soundscape performances, art installations of mind-altering impact, weirdly-themed campsite communities. Levi O’Brien will lead walks illuminating fabrics of life that we normally blunder through. The Maple Aerie will provide an experience of communion with the forest canopy. A fierce Mazyrinth competion will offer a $500 cash prize to the team that most successfully navigates this challenging, bewildering, five-acre goldenrod maze. All this is in addition to swimming/hanging at the two spring-fed ponds with zip line and large rafts that can accommodate groups of twenty lazy people.

ACTIVATIONS
🤖Sisyphus by Melanie Armer🤖
Roll the ball. Unlock the puzzle. Dance to the music. Repeat.

🗿The Argus🗿
Discover a thousand-eyed stone sculpture that transforms from a mythical sentinel by day to a vibrant spectacle by night.

🎨Makers Mart by Alana Miller🎨
Walk on up and spin the dare wheel for an interactive arts and crafts challenge!

🌾Opening Ceremony by Jemila MacEwan🌾
A chance to chthonically connect with the land and each other

🌟Skylooms by Kate Relish🌟
Collaborative sky weavings using upcycled and indigo dyed fabric.

🌱Tree Tour by Levi O'Brien🌱
Levi will cover historical importance, cultural meaning, ecology, biology and horticulture, as well as foundational skills of identification.

🦢Swanning by Sidney Oolongo🦢
7 giant inflatable swans on a pond. Conceptually unsophisticated though it may be, it's visually quite compelling

💸Mazyrinth by Franklin Chthonics💸
Compete in this 2.5 acre maze for a chance to win $500

💆🏼‍♀️Thai Partner Massage Workshop by Ambyr D'Amato💆🏼‍♀️
This technique uses body weight, body listening, stretching, rocking, and deep pressure to achieve a goal of connection and relaxation.

🎶Music and Performances by🎶
Nabbler
Phil Yeah
The FMs
DJ Housewife
Champagne Phil
Todd Polenberg
Merloh
DJ Casual

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Franklin Chthonics is an active meditation on appropriately managing and mindfully neglecting a large section of rural land on the edge of the western Catskills. Our community land project sits on 200+ acres of well tended fields and groves and is a 3 hour drive from New York City.