Come gather where galaxy meets garden. A multi-sensorial experience of lifeways, ritual, music, and flora that combines creative technology and comfort to conjure an expansive world rooted in Indigenous Futurism and Queer/Trans joy. Through blended reality installation and emergent performance, Cosmic Bloom: Shape of Breath invites you to seed future universes, foster relations, and cultivate kinship. Let’s celebrate and illuminate balance in our beings.

Cosmic Bloom: Shape of Breath is part of the expansive universe of Galaxy Circle, created by Interdisciplinary artist and shapeshifter Ty Defoe. It combines multiple forms of media, performance and community experience. While this space can be experienced individually, there will be offerings throughout to find intentional points of connection.

Cosmic Bloom exposes the porous space between earth world and sky world, a dimension that transcends time in which you are immersed in Indigenous futurism - including:

An interstellar multimedia cosmic garden filled with flowers, stars, and a community altar.

A courtyard of care filled with cozy places to rest, reflect and listen to cosmic stories through flower crowns
Solo spaces to decompress or tap into VR portals.

Exhibition Hours:

May 9th 12:00pm - 6:00pm

May 10th 12:00pm - 6:00pm

May 11th 12:00pm - 6:00pm

Rituals on May 11th:

Morning Movement 11am - 12pm

Evening Nourishment 6pm - 8pm

RSVP is required for Evening Nourishment but not needed for any of the other times.

What to bring: Yourself. Offerings for others, especially Queer/Trans and Indigenous relatives, for the altar. A good mind and heart. Dreams for the future. Intention to reduce harm and heal our natural world and targeted communities.

What to expect on May 11th:

There will be a menu of offerings throughout the final day of the installation, beginning with Morning Movement, a facilitated somatic group experience. Come as you are. Comfortable clothing is encouraged.

In the evening, we will gather for a transformative performance and shared experience. Guided by music, movement, and storytelling, we will be transported to a liberated present and future. We’ll journey together into a liberated present and an imagined future. Nourishment in the form of food and conversation will serve as an invitation to engage deeply and bring lessons forward into daily practice.

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Venue Details

This event will be indoors in an open air warehouse without climate control, please dress according to the weather. The temperature outside is the temperature inside.

The Museum of Human Achievement (MoHA) has aging floors and a gravel parking lot. We recommend closed toe flat shoes, and an outfit that won't snag or get tripped on. We want you to have the best time while remaining safe and gorgeous.

Code of Conduct - https://moha.wiki/Code_of_Conduct

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Accessibility and Health

MoHA is wheelchair accessible. Please reach out to info@themuseumofhumanachievement.com if you have any other accessibility needs and we will do our best to accommodate.

To help keep our community safe and healthy, please do not attend if you feel ill or were recently exposed to illness, such as COVID and the flu.

Hand sanitizer and masks will be available. Masks are welcome!

Additional FAQs - https://moha.wiki/FAQ_%E2%86%92

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Travel & Parking Information

MoHA is located behind the Canopy Art Complex in a gravel parking lot. Guests can park for free in our lot and find free/paid street parking.

Riding bikes? We are accessible for bikes via several trails that connect to Springdale Road.

Riding the bus? The two closest bus stops to MoHA are at the 7th/Springdale stop and the Springdale/Govalle stop. We recommend using Google maps or Cap Metro Trip planner to confirm your route.

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The Museum of Human Achievement (MoHA) is a community-driven non-profit organization in Austin, TX grounded in affordability, inclusivity and access for artists. MoHA’s vision is for an empowered, resilient creative community where each member has the resources to foster well being, prosperity, and a self-determined future.

MoHA runs a variety of programs in Community Abundance, Digital Arts, Exhibition, and Professional Development for artists, organizers, and audiences. Learn more at their website https://moha.wiki.

Fusebox is a non-profit arts organization based in Austin, TX. We were founded by a group of artists in 2005 who wanted to create a robust exchange of ideas across different art forms and geography, with a particular interest in the live experience. We were also especially interested in how festivals could live in a more meaningful relationship with place. Today Fusebox partners with organizations all over the world ranging from small grassroots organizations to major art centers and festivals, and we produce two festivals (The Fusebox Festival & Live in America) along with year-round programming and events.

Learn more about Fusebox's ART + TECHNOLOGY MICRO-FEST - https://fuseboxlive.com/art-technology-micro-festival/