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Date(s) - 09/13/2014
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Location
West, Den Haag
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Dinner, a glass of Green Beast punch, and entry is free, but we kindly ask you to make a reservation by emailing eloise(AT)westdenhaag(DOT)nl as space is limited.
Home & Away returns to West for its third edition, and is joined by Dr. Chad Weidner who is invested in ecocriticism, the beat generation, and William S. Burroughs. Together, with special guest V. Vale we will address the method of art-making through the consumption of mind-altering substances and out-of-body experiences as a means of travel by looking at the works of William S. Burroughs, and the experiments of Dr. Timothy Leary. After a light meal, Home & Away continues its search into notions of home and travel with a lecture by Chad Weidner on life and works of the prolific and influential American writer William S. Burroughs (Queer, Naked Lunch). In his presentation, Weidner tracks Burroughs extensive travels, his uses of the South American psychedelic brew yagé to journey to different times and places, and how this can be read in his writings. As part of his European Tour & Destroy circuit, we a pleased to present writer, publisher, musician, and founder of RE/search Labs V. Vale, friend of the late Burroughs and acquaintance of psychologist and psychedelic drug advocate Dr. Timothy Leary. Vale will give a talk on his friendship with Burroughs and give insights into Dr. Leary’s LSD experiments in 1960s.
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