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Mystic Air: Coleman Hell's ode to air conditioners

June 4, 2025By CommunicationsIn Art, Events, Highlights, PlaySpace, Residencies

Mystic Air: Coleman Hell's ode to air conditioners

June 4, 2025By CommunicationsIn Art, Events, Highlights, PlaySpace, Residencies

Behind-the-scenes photo of an artist setting up a visual art exhibition inside a pink shipping container.From June 4 to 11, 2025, artist-musician Coleman Hell presents an exhibition on air conditioners called Mystic Air… Join us for Coleman’s exhibition opening, and the start of patio season, on Saturday June 7, 2025 from 4-7pm. 

Air conditioners often go unnoticed.
Noble beasts bearing the cost of human comfort.
Their brackets, bolted into the city-skin,
carry the weight of our existence.

AC= All Colours:
the full spectrum of emotions
transmuted through our body heat.
Private feelings floating out into the streets.

The inner-fan or Goddess Wheel uses non-linear,
regenerative movement.
Turning toward life.
Spinning as breath.
Creating a portal between realms.

These ACs (Angel Creatures) perch above doorways
with sun-bleached wings in banged up casings,
freon blood flowing through condenser coils.
Condensation moved by the moon,
echoing galaxies.

Grated glands,
emit pheromones in summertime:
mating season for machines.

Oh the humanity!
Oh the humidity!

Sacred symbols glow like runes,
each setting an offering
at the altar of entropy.
Altering moods.

What is your ability to sit with heat?
And how recently have you worshipped your air conditioner?”

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