Through 2 December, 2018 | Thu-Sat, times vary
> Timed tickets
See below for specific dates for each Episode. Each experience runs 45-60 minutes for a group of up to five people.
Discovered in the basement beneath The Peale Center, the Archives of the Deep Now are the records of a centuries-old secret society calling themselves The Institute of Visionary History. The Institute believed the building to be a kind of “thin place” where one can more easily transcend our present reality and contact other planes, places, and times. Their experiments combined scientific inquiry and visionary sight to uncover histories heretofore untold.
As Submersive Productions recreates the Archives of the Deep Now, we have come to see the room as a kind of machine designed to evoke a specific state of mind. Each archive box contains an experiment, a set of mysterious instructions devised to expand the present moment to better access other lost moments in time. These experiments, while fascinating, have so far proven unsuccessful. Perhaps you, as our guest researcher, will have better luck.
For Episode One, September 5-30, 2018, we joined Harriet Tubman at a crucial juncture to ask “How does one prevent catastrophe?”
Episodes Two through Five, found clustered in a corner of the basement archive, appear to be connected in some significant way.
Episode Two: “Project P.S.” Runs October 11-14.
Subjects needed. Join in on procedures and extractions of metaphysical kurayami with a biomechatronic sculptor to examine the hypothesis that one can obtain enlightenment. (Actualized by Mika Nakano.)
Episode Three: “Altar Ego” Runs October 18, 20 & 21. Timed tickets
You are invited to a unique house party to learn more about your “model citizen” Vietnamese-American neighbor, and explore the boundaries between home and not home. (Actualized by Kim Le.)
Episode Four: “Waters of Oblivion” Runs November 2-4. Timed tickets
Explore layers of existence throughout time with a being at the beginning as we seek to discover how one can forge a new identity. (Actualized by Cori Dioquino.)
Episode Five: “She Who Sees and Hears the Cries of the World” Runs November 29-December 2. Timed tickets
This experiment was originally conducted in 1836, but was so disastrous the results were suppressed for almost 200 years…until an anonymous informant gave us new information in an effort to answer the question: “How can one escape a curse?” (Actualized by Elizabeth Ung.)
Please note: The Institute is recommended for ages 12 and above. You will be required to ascend and descend at least two staircases at a relaxed pace. Plan to arrive a full ten minutes before your scheduled start time and to spend about an hour (or more if you choose) at The Peale. Beverages and light snacks will be available (donations appreciated). Restrooms will be accessible before and after the experience. Coat racks and safe storage for bags will also be available.
episode six: “A Horse By The Tail In The Night” Runs November 10, 17 & Dec 8. Timed Tickets
Two obscure aristocrats are fated to dine together indefinitely over the course of an evening that will not cease. Cursed with abundance, they chew away the hours, their food and drink complemented with the bitter fruits of their recollections; spiced with regret and desire, mellowed with well-worn stories. Any attempt to exhaust the inexhaustible is doomed to fail. But like a finely cured meat there is pleasure to be had in consuming the decay and even more in sharing it with whom you may. (Yes, Episode Six comes before Episode five!)
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