"Psychedelics are to the study of the mind what the microscope is to biology and the telescope is to astronomy" - Dr. Stanislav Grof 🪐
CREATURES FROM THE VOID
A Psychedelic Art & Music Exhibition by Michael Sutherland
XCHC, Ōtautahi | One Night Only
Creatures from the Void is a Psychedelic Art exhibition celebrating the ecology of consciousness that inhabits altered states of consciousness, in a nearby dimension, operating in parallel to our own, but only a few breaths away.
Creatures from the Void is not just an art show — it’s a dimensional breach. 👾
After three months of deep devoted transmission, artist Michael Sutherland presents his debut collection of visionary works: to bring these creatures and their living linguistics into form.
In an effort to speak the unspeakable and communicate the ineffable. Born from black voids and bathed in psychedelic color, these creatures are channeled whispers from the invisible — transmissions encoded with the symbolic DNA of tarot, astrology and alchemy.
This is art as invocation. Take home some spells.
Come immerse yourself in the ritual:
Psychedelic Art Exhibition & Silent Auction
(Remaining pieces will be ritually burned after 7 days 🔥 offerings and skill-trades welcomed)
Live Music from a Spellbinding Line-Up:
MAZE | Angel Venom | Ahirā | Sound Salad | Khailana
(💰All proceeds support these sonic travellers💰)
Vibrational Enhancements:
Dance & Flow🧚 | Blue Lotus Elixirs🪷 | Mulled Wine 🍇 | Live Drawing Zones🪄| Communal Canvas (tools provided)🎨 |
“The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.”
— Alan Watts
This is a portal disguised as a party. 🪬
A celebration of psychedelic creativity, communal transformation, and the unspeakable truths found just beyond the veil. 👽
“The artist’s task is to save the soul of mankind; and anything less is a dithering while Rome burns. Because of the artists, who are self-selected, for being able to journey into the Other, if the artists cannot find the way, then the way cannot be found.”
― Terence McKenna
About the Artist:
Michael Sutherland is a visionary sound alchemist, loop-pedal performer, and psychedelic music researcher from Aotearoa. A trained recording engineer with credits on major New Zealand records, he’s known for fusing vintage analog warmth with futuristic sonic textures.
Michael pioneered Music for Float Tanks (used in over 70 float centres worldwide) and created the 6-hour sonic journey Music & the Mystical Experience for psilocybin therapy.
He continues to work at the forefront of music for psychedelic therapy, collaborating on clinical trials to unlock music’s role in deep healing and awakening.
Creatures from the Void is his first body of visual work — a sacred transmission and offering of what lies beneath, behind, and beyond.
Don’t just come to see. Come to feel. Come to remember.
Tickets:
https://events.humanitix.com/creatures-from-the-void
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