Automatic Subconscious Verbal Equivalent of Our Ocular Splendour

Here's Something for the Old Mind's Eye:

We have two visions in mind for the physical appearance of Automatic Subconscious, 1) by day; as an early riser's classical cafe & 2) by night; as an entertainment zone, a place to be relaxed or excited, have a drink, converse or check out the latest entertainment from the creative mind's of the country's half-time cold, strangely reserved & puritanical North of East. This year's Cube is determined to live up to its potential as a venue for the exploration of low-key, experimental sounds & visions, with a concentration on New England performers & Artists.

The cube itself is a rather amorphous, tabula rasa of a structure which we plan on modifying on a daily basis to fit our needs. The first thing that you may notice is the gaping maw of our giant, green head forming the entrance to our inner sanctum. This is flanked on the left by our stilter bar & on the right with our stage/video projection wall. Our 128 sq. ft., 10-inch-high stage will be lit from above & have its own small sound system & accompanied by a digital projector on a stand 30' away. The front of the stage is lit from underneath & has a number of cutouts of celestial origin accompanied by smoke/fog effects. The backdrop to the stage will be a 16' wide x 12' high white screen framed with elements of circuitry intermingled & counterpointed with a classical Acanthus leaf motif. Surmounting this will be our flickering Automatic Subconscious sign floating in the gloom above. The occasional live acts shall feature quite a random selection of innovative & avant-garde performers who will be supplemented with images of galactic structure origin, particle physics simulations & cellular formation as well as experimental video from some of our rather strange & alien friends.

The stilter bar will cater to the minority of denizens among us who are rather long-limbed & well endowed with costumatic sensibilities. Both walk-up & drive by (tall-bicycle) clientele are decidedly welcome. You must be THIS TALL to get on the ride. Our Orbital Refueling Station/Stilter Bar is known far & wide as being a great place to remind oneself of the Supremacy of Gravity for those who have perchance imbibed too much. Firm structural outriggers are available to help those with a greater potential energy relative to the core of the Earth remain on an even keel in the event of self-imposed gravity loss while at the bar.

The entrance is a 16'-tall green, cloth covered head that depicts one of the original settlers of this harsh & remote land. The changing colors of the interior lights cause the visage to appear at times dark & mysterious, at times warm & inviting & at others horrifically frightening, kind of like the future itself really. As business can be sparse at times, we tend to cater to whomever passes by & attract quite a diverse crowd, with many a repeat, multi-year visitor among them. A red carpet/tongue welcome mat invites those weary & Playa-lagged travelers to enter the interior via a ribbed throat complete with speed-bag uvula.

Once inside, the visitor will find many choices, the main 15' x 20' chamber is surrounded by 15'-tall color-changing murals, a dancing pole, space-madness inspired aht & the all important semi-circular cabana/bar where one can indulge in the whims of one of our untrained professional barkeeps. Be sure to ask for the 'Moxie-Suprise,' tell them Ruuskado sent you. Off of this main chamber are four 5' x 10' chill rooms filled with comfy cushions, aht & hammocks. There is also a Larry Harvey-Approved (TM) stairway leading to the 3rd-story, shaded observation deck with a commanding view of the surrounding mayhem, sound & fury.

Across the midway, colloquially known as 'the Esplanade', shall be found such delights as the camp power substation in a tastefully cyborgian sound & drunken-spacefool-proof enclosure, yeah, as if that's possible... Our larger-scale light beacons, & creative appreciation training areas will be represented by a series of aht projects, such as a new and greatly enhanced version of the previously appearing kinetic Galaxy Sculpture, the foolishly vain-glorious Thunder-Box, the spinning cylinder of dis-orientation known as the Wagner-Tron, the vomitationally-bright Spinny Wheel, our potential, interactive Carnival Midway, Skee-Ball tournament anybody? & the Cup-Cake Speak-Easy. When you knock on the non-descript door and the raspy eyeball that answers wants to know what you're about, just tell them that Burning Mom sentchya and see whatchya get. There will be other, as yet to be determined, aht projects that the AutoSub denizens are feverishly working on in order to get them on the resupply mission loading August 10th & leaving August 11th. These projects will be incorporated into the general aht landscape. Also located here will be our sub-space beacon that proclaims to one & all that AutoSub is open for bid'ness.

Behind all of this Space VegasCarnival Midway grandeur is the everyday life of Automatic Subconscious & its surly, scurrilous inhabitants. Most prominently, & importantly, is the 30'-wide x 60'-long Quonset Hut-style shade structure with attached 30' x 40' Kitchen Pod. Between the large CUBE frontispiece & this shade/kitchen structure will be the staging/storage area for lumber & other materials along with our recycle/trash center. Behind the shade/kitchen structure will be first, the new, improved & efficient god-damn-it Evaporation Pond with shower & water storage & then our personal camping area/shade structures, gear drift & camp bike racks.