Soma (invasion)
Detail from “Soma" (2009) by the Flaming Lotus Girls- a Black Rock arts collective- that is currently installed at the Embarcadero waterfront with interactive LEDs replacing its fiery bits.
The title of the piece ricochets off the neighborhood to its south, the ancient Vedic ritual drink, Aldus Huxley's ideal pleasure beverage from "Brave New World," and, quite specifically, the region of a neuron that contains its nucleus, AKA the "soma" or "perikaryon."
Soma (invasion)
Detail from “Soma" (2009) by the Flaming Lotus Girls- a Black Rock arts collective- that is currently installed at the Embarcadero waterfront with interactive LEDs replacing its fiery bits.
The title of the piece ricochets off the neighborhood to its south, the ancient Vedic ritual drink, Aldus Huxley's ideal pleasure beverage from "Brave New World," and, quite specifically, the region of a neuron that contains its nucleus, AKA the "soma" or "perikaryon."