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“But also, I have a lot to express about the world, the environment and agriculture, and needed a venue to bring all these elements together to express and share,” he said. “This is a way for everybody to participate, so I just left it as open ended as I possibly could to bring in as much art and music as I could,” Cipes added in his low, mellow voice, giving Shinji another rub across his back. The Conduit Festival got its name from a movie Cipes was watching about aliens and crop circles, and “one of the last lines in the film was, ‘the conduit is closing,‘ so people had to start fending for themselves,” Designed to pick up where the previous Cake Walk events left off, the festival is geared for the 18-35 year old demographic that has been missing in presence from the Cultural District. The Rotary Centre for the Arts is, for Cipes, the perfect venue for the event. “They designed such a beautiful building; it‘s perfect for having multi-faceted events because you can have so much happening at the same time. We‘re really hoping that droves of people will come to this thing and see it and experience the different rooms and the different performances.” “There are, like, 45 visual artists,” he noted. “We‘ll cover the whole venue in art!” In addition to visual art, a host of musical acts will perform. “There are10 bands and then there‘s a whole scene of ambient musicians … people who want to come down and express themselves because they have a lot to say. They‘re not commercial musicians; they‘re really out-of-the-box kind of people who are doing something different, so it‘s a whole other scene happening.” Some of the musicians include Kevin Kane, Nixie, Yoko and Old Man‘s Beard, along with opera singer Allison Cociani. Crafts and storytelling will also be offered. “The crafts are all handmade – like bags and clothes and candles and jewelry,” said Cipes. “And then there‘s also wild crafting and artisanal crafting and some other crafters coming up who will create an urban garden right in the middle of the venue to share what they‘re doing and get people involved and connect to urban plots of land that they can do spin-farming on.” Spin farming? “It‘s a business model for farming people‘s yards, collecting compost and it‘s accessible with no middle man, you just grow your own food.” Cipes is most excited about the storytelling. “I think the coolest thing about the festival is that En‘Owkin is involved. They are preserving the civilization that was here before us – the language and the stories – and they‘ll be telling stories at the festival. They‘ve got stories that are thousands of years old.” Organizers are planning to film and document the festival. Cipes will have his portrait of Rudolf Steiner on display at the festival. “He created anthroposophy – it led to the creation of the Montessori school system. He was involved with the microbiological world and moon phases …really cool stuff, the strongest alternative to conventional agriculture there is. “It involves thinking of the world as a holistic entity and all the living creatures and beings right down to the microscopic and particles, what it needs and what it gives back to all the living systems and ecosystems.” This is an all ages event and in order to make it affordable, Cipes is offering a sliding scale with a suggested entry fee of $20 for those who can afford it, and $10 for those a little more cash strapped. Quick hit: What: Conduit Festival Where: Rotary Centre for the Arts When: Saturday, Feb. 6, 4 p.m. to 1 a.m. Ticket: Sliding scale of $10 to $20 Top of Page |
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September 7, 2010, 5:47 am |