PLANTASIA SCHEDULE

6PM - Plantasia t-shirt tie-dying station opens (located outside at the Bluestone Terrace. Entrance available via Desert House and stations will be to your right) // Kirlian photography exhibit begins 

6:30PM - Playback of vinyl copy of 'Plantasia' in its entirety, followed by ambient selections from Rob Sevier (Fern Room; will be broadcast throughout the Conservatory)

7:30PM - Live interpretations of 'Plantasia' (Horticulture Hall)

"Plantasia" - Natalie Chami / Whitney Johnson / Brett Naucke

"Symphony for a Spider Plant" - Andy Ortmann

"Baby's Tears Blues" - Chandeliers

"Ode to an African Violet" - Jim Magas / Chandeliers

"Concerto for Philodendron and Pothos" - Oui Ennui

"Rhapsody in Green" - Ben Billington

"Swingin Spathiphyllums" - Tony Janas / Andy Ortmann

"A Mello Mood for Maidenhair" - Emma Hospelhorn / Sam Wagster

9PM - Live ambient set from A. Savage (located outside at the Bluestone Terrace. Entrance available via Desert House)

10PM - Playback of vinyl copy of 'Plantasia' in its entirety (throughout the Conservatory)  

11PM - Event Ends  

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$25 // 17+

Atlas Obscura, Sacred Bones, and Empty Bottle Present...

PLANTASIA featuring...

ANDY ORTMANN / BEN BILLINGTON

BRETT NAUCKE / CHANDELIERS / EMMA HOSPELHORN

JIM MAGAS / NATALIE CHAMI / OUI ENNUI

SAM WAGSTER / TONY JANAS / WHITNEY JOHNSON

Ambient Sets From A. SAVAGE (Parquet Courts) / ROB SEVIER (Numero Group)

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Join Atlas Obscura, Empty Bottle, Sacred Bones & The Garfield Park Conservatory after-hours for a transformative experience combining sound, light and the gardens' lush vegetation.

The multi-sensory experience is inspired by Mort Garson's 1976 album Mother Earth’s Plantasia, which was intended for plants and the people who love them. The record was reissued on vinyl June 21, 2019 after it’s only pressing 43 years ago. 

Attendees are invited to explore the expansive grounds and participate in one of two timed listening sessions to hear Plantasia in the gardens’ atriums. 

For this one-time special Plantasia event, Empty Bottle has thoughtfully curated a lineup of musicians to reimagine movements of Plantasia. Listen to new interpretations of Mort Garson’s Music for Plants by a variety of experimental, classical and indie rock musicians.

Atlas Obscura will also be hosting a “Kirlian,” or plant-aura photography demonstration by artist Jacqueline Castel.