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

Public Events
Singing and Voice Lessons for Women with Sylvi
Embodied Voice Workshop for Women iwith Sylvi
UPCOMING SCREENINGS
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
"Astrologik": (1999) An astrology book by Antero Alli. Review #1 and Review #2.
"Towards an Archeology of the Soul": (2003) ParaTheatrical WorkBook by Antero Alli (reviewed)
"Songs as Vehicles" (CD) (2005) ParaTheatrical ReSearch. Recorded & mixed by Sylvi Alli
"A Hundred Birds" (CD) (2007) by Sylvi Alli; song samples (goes to CDbaby.com)
"Dream of the Blue Moth" (CD) (1990-2002) by Sylvi Alli; song samples (goes to CDbaby.com)
"Under a Shipwrecked Moon" (film soundtrack CD) (2003) by Sylvi Alli & others
"Too Near the Ghosts" (CD) (2001) by Sylvi Alli; song samples (goes to CDbaby.com)
Interview with Sylvi Alli: On the Embodied Voice Process (by Jonnie Gilman; May 2008)

Antero Alli, Filmography
"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, review, "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
"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
"The Oracle" (1993) synopsis, review, stills
"Archaic Community" (1991) synopsis, review, stills
"Loaded Visions" (1994-2001) videopoems dvd (Rilke, Plath, Rimbaud, HD, Neruda)
"On Love & Other Difficulties" (1992-2001) Five Experimental Video Shorts

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 -- THE DVD (2009) Lecture by Antero

Antero Alli Interviews
"Casualties of Digital Anarchy" (2003. BrainTrustDV)
"Underground Filmmaker" ("The Encyclopedia of Underground Movies" by Phil Hall; 2004)
"The 8-Circuit Brain & Other Bright Ideas" (2007. Mike Gathers)
"The Theatre of NoForm" (2004, R.U. Sirius, NeoFiles)
"A Deliberate Disorientation of the Senses" (2008, Juanita Benedicto)
Podcast Interview MP3 file (2008; Joanna Harcourt-Smith)

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
World Entertainment Warriors: How to See Through Advertising & Other Bright Ideas
Chapel Perilous: How to Get in and How to Escape
The Neuro-Pharmacy of the Eight Circuit Brain (from Talking Raven Quarterly)
The Cosmic Trigger Effect or "How I Met Robert Anton Wilson" (a work in progress)
The Neuro-Tarot: On Designing Your Own Oracle Cards
Occulture: The Secret Marriage of Art and Magick (from "Letters, Essays & Premonitions")
State of Emergence: A Paratheatre Manifesto
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 - - Angel Tech, Astrologik, The Vertical Oracle, Archeology of the Soul,
Letters Essays & Premonitions, The Akashic Record Player, Pregnant Universe; 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": Archetypal Language of Astrology (why planets don't control our fates)
"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 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