SUMMARY
Main Points:
- Kissen and Pol is a media organization dedicated to the coordination and dissemination of the work of SAVAJE.
- As the world’s leading performance and conceptual house, it is based on the values of heritage, excellence, scholarship, active contemplation and play.
- It continues the work of great philosophers of eros to explore the nature of sex and civilization.
- It is ethically-driven.
- The core product is MUSIC with associated LIVE PERFORMANCES and ██████ ██████ ████████ ██████████.
Secondary Points:
- Stylistic emphasis on intuition and experience; the metric of success is subtle and subjective, but we may ask: Do the products stir the soul? Do they provoke deep thinking and ignite an irresistible urge to live, to dance, to take (calculated) RSK’s?
- A primary area of theoretical investigation is that the smallest and largest scales of existence are united through a self-hiding infrastructure that desires to be played with, and that the next wave of treatments for all dis-“orders” of body-spirit will involve modes of engagement with this life-thing.
- Philosophico-visual identity rooted in Neoplatonism, phenomenology, tantra, neuroscience and mathematics.
- Sonic identity drawing from dance pop, deep house, and trap. “Menacing, Infectious, Awakening.”
- Movement identity is exotic dancing (Slavic).
Tertiary Points:
- Exploration of/inspiration from pseudoscientific and mystical ideas occurs with mindfulness that these realms can hold tremendous emotional appeal while being addictive, labyrinthine, ungrounded and misleading.
- “Kissen and Pol” alludes to “Kissen und Polster” = German: Cushions and upholstery, e.g. a nod to Freud’s couch; thematically, a reference to the project’s investigation of the world of color/form/appearances as opposed to inner structures (which is investigated separately, and not appropriate to the medium of concept/performance). “Pol” alludes to: polis, pole (dancing), polarity.