The next Luminopolis event will be on Friday 24th April 2009 at SeOne in London Bridge. Please join us for what promises to be an amazing and enlightening time.
The room hosts will be Liquid Records in the main room bringing you their unique flavour of psytrance; Binglybongly with a selection of inspirational electronic & live acts; Small World showcasing superb alternative & acoustic performers; and the Inspiration Hall providing debates, films, poetry, and music.
In addition we have a new concept called The Hub which will be the magickal heart of the event - an experimental space with music, performers, visual arts, playful interaction, and oh so much more! Our first Hub will combine elements from Skandalous, Earthheart, and Free Mind.
We will update this page and send another mailout when we've confirmed the line-ups for all the rooms. You can also get full information here.
The Collaborating Organizations
The Synergy Project functions as an umbrella organization, bringing together some of the most forward thinking organizations within the alternative and creative scene. By inviting a diverse spread of musical genres and productions to each event, Synergy aims to bridge the gap between musical scenes and their respective followings, whilst creating an atmosphere of inclusion and tolerance. Each event presents a good balance of core partner organisations as well as guest groups.
NGO and Charity involvement
In line with The Synergy Project’s declared objectives many Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Charities are invited to take part in the events. These organizations benefit by having access to a largely open minded crowd which otherwise might not feel inspired to take an interest in their important work. There are many different levels of possible collaboration, from the entry level of holding a simple awareness stall, up to collaborating with Synergy's production team to host an entire room.
Furthermore the Project aims to support NGOs etc in the development of creative ways to present their messages – connecting them to artists from the wider community. The Synergy Project can provide support, both organizationally as well as financially, for creative proposals that serve such purpose. NGOs are also encouraged to take on the task of managing an entire area – with the support of the Synergy Project team.
Talks and Debates
As part of the open debate policy The Synergy Project aims to feature talks and debates relevant to many of the issues we feel are crucial to our day and age. These debates can also lead to self-critical reflection, considered by Synergy a vital element to avoid the ever present thread of stagnation or a veering of the declared ethical course.
Synergy Research
One of the most challenging aspects of conducting research, especially when of "non-conventional" nature, is to find an adequate number of participants to make such research valid. The Synergy Project is happy to offer its extensive outreach potential to support by means of publicity; any ongoing research, or study from both students and professionals, in the fields of science, humanities, social sciences and arts. Research must be aimed at exploring crucial issues that will contribute to our society, and the planet, in a way that reflects, or is in accordance with the Synergy ethos of sustainability and social justice.
Synergy Project also provides free space on the website for researchers to publish their completed studies, aiming to create a knowledge-base portal where individuals can access information about studies which might not make it to publication on leading scientific editorials because of their “alternative” non conventional nature.
Workshops and Interactivity
Bridging the gap between performers and the audience is one of the founding principles on which Synergy is built – this is achieved by:
Hosting various workshops per event – often dance or theatre based - Allowing for open mic sessions - Facilitating open drum circles - Allowing for participation in open debates - Providing stages for dance to take place spontaneously - Hosting processions that involve the participants creatively
Healing and Welfare
Offering a wide arrange alternative techniques such as Shiatsu, Reiki, Massage and Reflexology to name just a few, the healing area provides a space where people can enjoy relaxation and health/stress awareness therapies. Training workshops and information about alternative health practice and contacts with healers throughout the country are provided. Synergy also utilizes a large crew of welfare staff who's primary focus is to ensure that attendees have the best possible/safest of times.
Music
Synergy strives to maintain a dynamic musical orientation. With 5 rooms to play with each event presents an eclectic journey across many genres of sound. From pumping psychedelic trance, to melodic ambient soundscapes, downtempo/dubby grooves, uplifting breakbeats, intricate glitchy electronica, and funky nu-jazz live bands just to name a few.
Movies
Acknowledging the power of images as a means of communication , Synergy collaborates closely with some of the Uk's leading video production organizations to provide cutting edge visual installations, screening inspiring images & messages alongside awareness raising short films.
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What do we do in an emergency?
In the UK, we dial 999...
999 It's Time is a new movement that will help transform the dates 09.09.09, 10.10.10 and 11.11.11 into pivotal dates in modern history. In the 9 weeks leading up to 999 Day itself, a series of high-profile multi-media events and widespread media coverage will seek to mobilise a critical mass of the population to take a number of individual and collective actions on 9th September 2009.
Luminopolis fully supports this vital call to action, and we urge you to do the same.
To show your support for 999 It's Time, please join this Facebook group, read this website, and most of all TAKE ACTION!
If not us, then who? If not now, then when?
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MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD!!
Hello Dear Friend of the Synergy Project
Please have a look at the many meaningful petitions that you can lend your voice to. Well organised petitions like these put pressure on government and can really make a difference to policy. A physical letter is often taken more seriously than an email letter, so please consider these a first step to getting more involved.
Just click on the icon on the left to go to the relevant website and make yourself heard:
After 5 years and 23 ground-breaking events, The Synergy Project has evolved into 3 exciting new organisations, each of which shares the common legacy, philosophy, and intent of their legendary parent.
Please visit them all and support them in their great work of bringing about positive social, economic, and environmental change. Please direct all enquires about the Synergy brand to The Synergy Centre, and all enquiries about this web site to Luminopolis.Thanks to you all for your part in this unfolding journey. We are all the children of The Synergy Project.... may its legacy live long and prosper.
Luminopolis - launched in October 2008 and lead by Synergy Project co-founder Pony, this "city of light" sees many of the production teams, artists, and performers from The Synergy Project continuing to take the events at London's Seone club to new levels of conscious counter-culture celebration.
The Synergy Centre - launched in October 2005 by Synergy Project co-founder Steve Peake, this living community centre in Camberwell is home to a range of charitable organisations, youth schemes, and alternative events. It represents The Synergy Project's aspirations of social change made real through full-time grass-root activities.
The inSpiral Lounge - launched in December 2007 by Synergy Project co-founder Dominik Schnell, this amazing music cafe in Camden is a unique approach to healthy living, creativity, and the world of tomorrow. It sets out to inspire with nutritious food, uplift with delicate cutting edge music, intrigue with multi-media, and innovate for the future.
"the interaction or cooperation of two or more organizations, substances, or other agents to produce a combined effect greater than the sum of their separate effects."
The Synergy Project was a magical indoor festival, combining musicians, DJs, VJs, performers, and artists from all corners of creativity, joined by various proactive NGO’s and charities with the expressed aim to make a difference.
The Synergy Project strived to create an optimistic approach in raising awareness on the many crucial issues affecting our world today. The events gathered some of the UK’s leading creative multimedia organizations joined by international NGO’s such as Oxfam, Survival, Speak, Ecoshelter, WDM, Down2Earth, Greenpeace, and the Campaign Against Climate Change, to provide just the right mix of open hearted enjoyment and meaningful reflection for a new direction.
In a society in which generally perceives clubbing as a form of escapism associated with values of transgression, The Synergy Project re-invented the clubbing experience by transforming it into an ‘educational’ tool, associating healthy values of sustainability and social justice to strong role models such as respected artists and performers of the entertainment industry. Creating awareness with more efficient means to reach directly a young audience that might be otherwise reluctant to receive, respect, and incorporate such messages when proposed by conventional sources.
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For 5 years the Synergy Project inspired many people from all walks of life to re-evaluate their views on club culture and beyond…
Who I'd like to meet: Individuals and organizations interested in uniting to create and celebrate a better world for tomorrow...
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