DOORS.NYC
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February 8 – September 1, 2024
Some people ask me if these are machine elves, the inter-dimensional beings encountered during an ayahuasca trip. Others wonder whether they are alien deities who’ve come to protect and advance mankind. No matter how you define them, these avatars will hasten your path to total spiritual enlightenment.
A fictional planet made famous in a Rolling Stones song. Aldebaran is an ideal world where racial boundaries do not exist, napalm is a harmless substance, pills are not addictive, and ski season is year round.
Not since pagan Rome has there been an era as giddily hedonistic as the glittering 1970s. It was a time when the relentless pursuit of pleasure became society’s raison d'être. Studio 54’s infamous man-in-the-moon-with-a-coke-spoon, along with the RORER 714 Quaalude, become core icons around which this louche 70s narrative unfolds. Christian symbolism, juxtaposed with debauched archetypes like vampires and diablos, foreshadows the conflict between hyper-morality and sexual freedom that resulted a few short years later with the AIDS pandemic.
