For fans of Electricity, Radio, Opera, Music, History, Theater, Dance, Pigeons and living

Andrei joins the group for a reading from his fiery introduction Miriam Seidel’s new monograph (Fomite Press, 2025) chronicling her visionary 2006 bio-opera Violet Fire –– itself based on Tesla’s Opera: The Real, Stranger-Than-Fiction Nikola Tesla, by Lewis Whittingham

Seidel work revisiting Tesla’s genius features Seidel’s libretto, musical collaborator Jon Gibson’s scores, and essays from collaborators exploring the nexus of art, science and revolution

Terry O’Reilly, a director and artistic collaborator of the legendary experimental theater Mabou Mines, staged Violet Fire’s lauded performances at BAM in 2006, and contributes to the Tesla collection as well

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Tesla’s Opera~ The real, stranger-than-fiction Nikola Tesla Fomite Press 2025