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Producers, Collaborators, Affiliates
Sylvi Alli and Antero Alli, bios
Talent, Crew & Venues, past and present collaborators and affiliates
Vertical Pool on FaceBook
ParaTheatrical ReSearch affiliate; Antero Alli, director

Public Events
Individual Voice Lessons for Women with Sylvi
Embodied Voice Workshops for Women with Sylvi
UPCOMING SCREENINGS of Antero Alli films
E-Mail List (to be notified of upcoming screenings and events)

Book Publishing & Music CD Recordings
Vertical Pool Publishing: Sylvi Alli, editor/publisher
"The Vertical Oracle": (1996) A Neo-Tarot Deck by Sylvi Pickering and Antero Alli
"The Eight-Circuit Brain" (2009) by Antero Alli. Navigational Strategies for the Energetic Body
"Astrologik": (1999) An astrology book by Antero Alli. Review #1 and Review #2.
"Towards an Archeology of the Soul": (2003) orkBook by Antero Alli (reviewed)
"Vessel" (CD) (2010) Music by Sylvi Alli. Eleven original songs.
"Songs as Vehicles" (CD) (2005) ParaTheatrical ReSearch. Recorded & mixed by Sylvi Alli
"A Hundred Birds" (CD) (2007) Music by Sylvi Alli; song samples (goes to CDbaby.com)
"Dream of the Blue Moth" (CD) (1990-2002) Music by Sylvi Alli; song samples
"Under a Shipwrecked Moon" (film soundtrack CD) (2003) Music by Sylvi Alli & others
"Too Near the Ghosts" (CD) (2001) Music by Sylvi Alli; song samples
Interview with Sylvi Alli: On the Embodied Voice Process (by Jonnie Gilman; May 2008)

Antero Alli, Filmography
"To Dream of Falling Upwards " (2011) FORTHCOMING
"The Invisible Forest" (2008) stills, clip, reviews, On the Making of..."
"The Mind is a Liar and a Whore" (2007) stills, clip, On the Making of..."
"The Greater Circulation" (2005) clip, stills, reviews, synopsis "On the Making of..."
"Orphans of Delirium" (2004) stills, synopsis; dvd, reviews, "On the Making of..."
"Under a Shipwrecked Moon" (2003) clip, stills, synopsis; dvd; reviews, "On the Making of..."
"Hysteria" (2002) synopsis, clip, stills, dvd, reviews, "On the Making of..."
"Roadkill" (2001) synopsis, review, stills, dvd
"Tragos" (2000) clip, stills, dvd, reviews, synopsis, "On the Making of..."
"Crux" (1999) DVD; synopsis, review, stills; "On the Making of..."
"Lily in Limbo" (1996) synopsis, reviews, stills
"The Drivetime" (1995) dvd; synopsis, reviews, stills
"Inertia" (1994) synopsis, stills, dvd
"The Oracle" (1993) synopsis, review, stills
"Archaic Community" (1991) synopsis, review, dvd, stills
"Loaded Visions" (1994-2001) videopoems, dvd (Rilke, Plath, Rimbaud, HD, Neruda)
"On Love & Other Difficulties" (1992-2001) Five Experimental Video Shorts, dvd
ANTERO'S YOU-TUBE CHANNEL Featuring trailers and film excerpts

Complete Filmography reviews, clips, synopsis, stills
Vision Statement: "Why I Create... " plus film reviews and clips
DVD Catalog: Antero's films on dvd
Film Bookings: Screening Packages for Event Producers; rental rates & policies
Great Films: Antero's favorite filmmakers and films
THE 8-CIRCUIT BRAIN -- DVD (2009) Lecture by Antero

Antero Alli Interviews
VIDEO CLIPS OF ANTERO DISCUSSING EIGHT- CIRCUIT MODEL (March 2010 w. Daniel Kottke)
Artship Video Interview: Antero Discusses Filmmaking (2003 w. Slobodan Dan Paitch)
Constellation Magazine Interview (April 2010 by Sherene Schostak)
New Paradigm Digest Interview (Oct. 2009 by Jeff Hutner)
Reality Sandwich Interview (Sept. 2009 by Alison Lecy)
"A Deliberate Disorientation of the Senses" (2008, Juanita Benedicto)
Podcast Interview MP3 file (2008; Joanna Harcourt-Smith)
Podcast Interview MP3 file (2009; Erik Davis)
FilmThreat Interview (1999; Phil Hall)
THE GREY LODGE REVIEW INTERVIEW (March 2009 by John Wisniewski)
Non-Sectarian Crucifixion Archetypes (1999 by Jonnie Gilman)
Ritual Triggers and Altered States (2002 by Scotto Moore)
"Casualties of Digital Anarchy" (2003. BrainTrustDV)
"Underground Filmmaker" (2004; "Encyclopedia of Underground Movies" by Phil Hall)

Poetry, essays, book excerpts
A Prayer to the Gods of the End of the World and Poetry & Prose
Video Deconstruction: Cinematic Values in the Videofilm (goes to kulture-void.com)
The Eight-Circuit Brain in Theory and Practice: How Intelligence Can Be Increased
The Neuro-Pharmacy of the Eight Circuit Brain (from Talking Raven Quarterly)
The Eight-Circuit Brain Online Course: An 8-Week Interactive Study and Practice
Occulture: The Secret Marriage of Art and Magick (from "Letters, Essays & Premonitions")
State of Emergence: A Paratheatre Manifesto, Parts 1-6
Ritual Technology for Self-initiation: Paratheatre orientation (from "Archeology of the Soul")
Iconoclastic Ritual: On the Design of Idiosyncratic Ceremony
Dreaming Rituals: Non-interpretive Dreamwork for the Active Body
The Akashic Record Player: A Non-Stop Geomantic Conspiracy (book excerpts; goes to deoxy.org)
Books currently in print - The Eight-Circuit Brain, Angel Tech, Astrologik, The Vertical Oracle,
Towards an Archeology of the Soul, Letters Essays & Premonitions; excerpts, ordering info

Astrological Services and Writings
PERSONAL HOROSCOPE INTERPRETATION (rates & services; mail order & in-person)
INSTRUCTION (online group classes and individual apprenticeship programs)
"The Planets as Forces": The Archetypal Language of Astrology
"Outside Shocks!": On the Timing of Uranus, Neptune and Pluto (outer planet) Transits
"Pluto in Sagittarius": The Fundamentalist Virus, Modernday Scapegoats & Mass Mediarchy
"Astrological Mercury": Professional Astrologer's Guide to Fine Tuning Your Bullshit Detector
"Oracular Astrology": Questioning the Trend to Legitimatize Astrology (from "Astrologik")
More Astrological Essays and Other Articles

Resonant Links
Vertical Pool Links Page: Visionary filmmakers, west coast arthouses, intermedia resources
Paratheatrical Links: paratheatre groups, intermedia performers, dreamtime cultures
Antero's paratheatre bio (w. links to performance projects; goes to paratheatrical.com)
"Requiem For a Friend" Complete text by Rainer Maria Rilke. Translated by Stephen Mitchell.
Rainer Maria Rilke: On Love & Other Difficulties; Letters to a Young Poet
The Frozen Beauties: Antero's 1980 neopunk band (three MP3 files/songs, flyers, band history)
The Phaistos Disk: The Encoded Mysteries of an Ancient Language
The Myth of Icarus (underlying mythos of Antero Alli's film "Hysteria")
The Nomad VideoFilm Festival: (1992-2002) west coast touring venue; Antero & Sylvi, curators

from "The Vertical Oracle"

"Existence itself may be considered an abyss possessed of no meaning.
I do not read this as a pessimistic statement but a declaration of autonomy
for my imagination & will and their most beautiful act of bestowing meaning
upon existence itself." -- Hakim Bey