UNDERGROUND
PHILOSOPHY
MAY 8th
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TICKETS AVAILABLE
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MAY 8th - TICKETS AVAILABLE -
WHERE THOUGHT COMES TO LIFE.
Live in Melbourne..
Underground Philosophy is where thought comes to life.
Here we resist the pull of algorithms and group think.
Guests might be well known or influential. They might be of rare integrity but known to just a few.
When you come to Underground Philosophy, you don’t come for the names alone, but to connect and participate in thinking you can feel.
Returning May 8th 2025 with a new format
We have booked the upstairs function room at The Castle Hotel as it allows tables of 6-8 and a capacity of 60-80, along with pre-booked dinner service. At The Castle, we'll integrate periods of participation / conversation, as well as shared attention / audience time, making room for dialogue and talks on stage. We will still host events at the Motley theatre later in the year.
The topic for our first event at The Castle is Future Melbourne.
We will be connecting with themes of culture, potential, and what it means (and what it could mean) to live, work, and create here. Melbourne is a land on the periphery of global consciousness and geopolitical tension, a land steeped in deep time and natural abundance, endeavouring to integrate the values, clashes, histories and logics of modern, postmodern and indigenous ways of being and design.
In recognition of the powerful and fragile systems which influence our behaviour, on what basis can we build true strength, anti-fragility, and envision futures which integrate our living history even as we experiment in the evolution of culture?
Where & When
THURSDAY 8th MAY. 6.30-10pm
The Castle Hotel - Upstairs
North Melbourne
Runtime
6.30 - Doors
7.00 - Opening Speakers (Audience & Stage)
7.45 - Dinner & Conversation (Participation)
8.30 - Emergent Dialogue (Audience + Participation)
10.00 - Light Close
10.30 - Final Close
Underground Philosophy | The Future of Culture
Underground Philosophy is where thought comes to life. Over dinner & conversation we will explore the Future of Culture.
Underground Philosophy | Cultural Shamanism
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Underground Philosophy is where real voices tap into depth, beneath the noise, repetition, and constriction of modern life.
Underground Philosophy | The Mystery of Consciousness
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Underground Philosophy is where real voices tap into depth, beneath the noise, repetition, and constriction of modern life.
Underground Philosophy | Indigeneity, the Sacred, and Techno-Cultural Evolution w/ Tyson Yunkaporta
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Underground Philosophy is where real voices tap into depth, beneath the noise, repetition, and constriction of modern life.
Underground Philosophy: An Initiation
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Underground Philosophy is where real voices tap into depth, beneath the noise, repetition, and constriction of modern life.
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