Under the Tongue was a multi-sensory experience produced at NYC nightclub Nowadays. Through immersive installation, performance, & participatory ritual, attendees were invited to sink deep into winter’s arrival. The project was designed to address anxiety at the edge of another pandemic-infused winter through forging connection to one another & to Earth’s natural rhythms. The night created a sensory experience of winter, intertwining attendees with winter as experienced across ecologies & timescales, from the epochal to the annual. 

The installation & program invoked elements of Earth’s tapestry from the horseshoe crab to the earthworm, reminding us that we do not enter into winter alone, & that together we move in cycles through time. The dance floor became a temple, its focal point the charred remains of a campfire hearth. Attendees were invited to explore & lay amongst the space while DJ Ian Kim Judd of radio show Fifth World opened the evening.

The program continued with Nocturnal Medicine leading an original sound bath & meditation. Following, a guided ritual brought attendees together in community, inviting all to enter into the coming winter with a sense of fullness and possibility. Outdoor fire pits, a DJ set & a spread of wintry nourishment by food-focused designer Sarah Kantrowitz closed out the night.