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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 (Sylvi interviewed)
Ritual Song Series for Women with Sylvi
UPCOMING SCREENINGS of Antero Alli films
The Eight-Circuit Brain: an online course of study with Antero
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 and Antero
"The Eight-Circuit Brain" (2009) Book by Antero.
"Astrologik": (1999) Astrology book by Antero. Review #1 and Review #2.
"Towards an Archeology of the Soul": (2003) WorkBook by Antero (reviewed)
"Vessel" (CD) (2010) Music by Sylvi. Eleven original songs.
"Songs as Vehicles" (CD) (2005) ParaTheatrical ReSearch. Recorded & mixed by Sylvi
"A Hundred Birds" (CD) (2007) Music by Sylvi; song samples (goes to CDbaby.com)
"Dream of the Blue Moth" (CD) (1990-2002) Music by Sylvi; song samples
"Under a Shipwrecked Moon" (film soundtrack CD) (2003) Music by Sylvi & others
"Too Near the Ghosts" (CD) (2001) Music by Sylvi; song samples

Antero Alli, Filmography
"Flamingos" (2012) On the Making of..."
"To Dream of Falling Upwards" (2011) clip, liner notes, On the Making of..."
"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, On the Making of..."
"Orphans of Delirium" (2004) stills, synopsis; dvd, reviews, "On the Making of..."
"Under a Shipwrecked Moon" (2003) clip, synopsis; 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, stills)
Vision Statement: "Why I Create... " plus reviews and clips
DVD Catalog: Antero's films on dvd
Film Bookings: Screening Packages for Event Producers; rates & policies
Great Films: Antero's favorite filmmakers and films
THE 8-CIRCUIT BRAIN -- DVD (2009) Lecture by Antero

Antero Alli interviews: Video, Podcast, & Written
VIDEO CLIPS ON EIGHT- CIRCUIT MODEL (March 2010 w. Daniel Kottke)
Artship Video Interview: On Filmmaking (2003 w. Slobodan Dan Paitch)
Six Questions About Synchronicity (December 2011 w. Jesse Ducharme)
Constellation Magazine Interview (April 2010 by Sherene Schostak)
New Paradigm Digest Interview (Oct. 2009 by Jeff Hutner)
Reality Sandwich Interview (Sept. 2009 by Alison Levy)
"A Deliberate Disorientation of the Senses" (2008, Juanita Benedicto)
Podcast Interview MP3 file (2010; Right Where You Are Sitting Now)
Podcast Interview MP3 file (2009; Joseph Matheny)
Podcast Interview MP3 file (2008; Joanna Harcourt-Smith)
Podcast Interview MP3 file (2009; Erik Davis)
Podcast Interview MP3 file (2008; Radical Change Group, on paratheatre)
Podcast Interview MP3 file (2007; Radical Change Group, on eight-circuit brain)
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)
"Underground Filmmaker" (2004; "Encyclopedia of Underground Movies" by Phil Hall)

Antero's poetry, essays, book excerpts
A Prayer to the Gods of the End of the World and Poetry & Prose
World Entertainment Warriors: How To See Through Advertising & Other Bright Ideas
Video Deconstruction: Cinematic Values in the Videofilm (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
State of Emergence: A Paratheatre Manifesto, Parts 1-7
Double Vision: On the First and Second Attentions
Ritual Technology for Self-initiation: (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 (goes to deoxy.org)
Books 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
HOROSCOPE INTERPRETATION (rates & services)
"The Planets as Forces": The Archetypal Language of Astrology
"Outside Shocks!": On the Timing of Uranus, Neptune and Pluto Transits
"Five Big Misconceptions About Astrology" On Exposing Stereotypes and Cliches
"Astrological Mercury": On Fine Tuning Your Bullshit Detector
"Oracular Astrology": On Questioning the Trend to Legitimatize Astrology
Click this for more Astrological Essays

MISC Links
Vertical Pool Links Page: Visionary filmmakers, west coast arthouses, intermedia resources
Paratheatrical Links: paratheatre groups, intermedia performers, dreamtime cultures
"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