Levitation Ceremonies
Sweat Signal is the first in a series of levitation ceremonies that challenge earthly limitations and rational constraints. The durational performance debuted at the Headlands Center for the Arts as part of The Quieting World.
The piece is inspired by visionary artist St. Eom, who in fever dreams was shown the utopian world of Pasaquan. Those dream-states, filled with color and intensity, serve as a model for how altered states of perception can open new ways of imagining freedom. In Sweat Signal, I treat these fever dreams as portals—spaces where we can glimpse possibilities beyond the purely technological or scientific.
At the center of the performance is the Pasaquoyan levitation suit, a strange, otherworldly device that in St. Eom’s mythos made levitation possible. Within my work, this suit becomes both symbol and tool. Levitation here is not simply the fantasy of floating, it is a statement of defiance, a physical and poetic reimagining of freedom. Rising against gravity and logic, it becomes an act of rebellion, a refusal to accept the ordinary boundaries of existence.
At the core of this exploration lies the Pasaquoyan levitation suit—a powerful technological symbol within St. Eom's mythos. In this context, levitation redefines freedom as a visceral act of rebellion.
In the second act, the performance returns to Pasaquan—St. Eom’s seven‑acre Pre‑Columbian, psychedelic wonderland. Here, the Pasaquoyan levitation suit comes home, and levitation is attempted once more amongst Pasaquan’s vibrant landscape.
