KOSTUME KULT PRESENTS:
A.I. A.I. Oh!
Black & Light Ball 2023
Old MakkDonald had a server farm…
Spawning many Artistically-Intelligent, black-lit possibilities at this legendary all-night dance party
Saturday June 10th
9pm – 5am
The Tailor NYC
505 8th Ave @ 35th Street
Manhattan
TIX
Presale tiers – $40 / $50 / $60
Costumes or Neon Fashions Required
21+
THEME / STYLE
At Black & Light Ball, all forms of electronic or black light reactive fashions are encouraged. For this year’s theme, consider the artistic and absurdist possibilities of Artificial Intelligence — Utopic, Dystopic and especially “Neontopic”. Seed this metaphoric farm, wade into the black light and generate eye-popping visions as a unique creation, artificially enhanced nursery rhyme character or glowing animal ready for BM23’s Animalia theme… With an Oink Oink here, and a Beep Beep there!
DJs in 2 ROOMS
SHLYN
AIRA
GENE VALENTINE
WILDMIKE
BUMPY NUGGETS
More TBA soon!
ART & ACTIVITIES
– Midnight Fashion Show
– MakkDonald Theater
– The Singularity
– Reverse Turing Tests
– Robotic Petting Zoo
– Barnyarn Maze
– Body Painting by Jaskela Body Art
MORE TBA (suggest something below!)
GET INVOLVED
Propose Art/ Activity: bit.ly/KKBLB23APF
Volunteer: bit.ly/KKBLB23VOL
TEAM
Production: Gene Harrison
Decor: Danisa Arias
Theatrical: Alex Gurevich
Music Curation: Kishti & Gene Harrison
Flyer: Alizarin Zroob & Costume Jim with Midjourney
Ticketing issues: tickets@kostumekult.com
ABOUT
Black & Light Ball is an annual springtime fundraiser for Kostume Kult (Costume Cultural Society), a non-profit arts org supporting costume art, street theater and big fun while bringing wonderful people together. Originally a psychedelic spoof of Truman Capote’s Black & White Ball, BLB #18 is a high tech event mixing glowing light art and fabulous fluorescent fashions illuminated by a vast array of black lights. For more info, please visit: www.kostumekult.com/join/
COMING NEXT
Dance Parade: May 20th
FIGMENT NYC: June 3-4
Mermaid Parade: June 17th
FreaKKshow: July 22nd
COMMUNITY CODES
True to Burning Man’s 10 Principles: Kostume Kult is inclusive, welcoming the stranger and all those who dare to participate. Our events are safe spaces where we welcome new people while warning everyone to *respect boundaries* and *ask first* when photographing or flirting…