‘AV Club’ Brings Immersive Visuals, Dance Party to Adams Theater on Oct. 31
ADAMS — Artists Joe Wheaton and musician Geoffrey Carter are collaborating at the Adams Theater this Halloween for a multi-sensory electronic dance experience, “AV Club,” with immersive visuals and DJs Glass Arrowhead, Jason Manatee, H2GO, and TruSounds.
The show will take place from 8 p.m. to midnight on Friday, Oct. 31, with 20% of profits going to the ACLU. Tickets cost $35 at the door or $25 in advance at adamstheater.org/events. Snacks and bar drinks will be available. Costumes are optional.
Wheaton is an artist who has lived in the Berkshires for decades and has done numerous visual installations for years, many at the Adams Theater (he’s also a board member). Carter is a musician and producer who grew up in the Berkshires and runs BeatNest, a popular local program that introduces kids in the Berkshires to electronic music.
They’ve worked together before, and both like the idea of the Adams Theater as a space for people to come dance. Wheaton will work from inside a giant birdcage as he runs his visual installation, which will combine disparate footage of costumed humans (“from Burning Man to ethnic tribal people of Burma”) to create a surreal feeling against dance music, niche hip hop, and drum and bass.
The theater “is a great, kind of open canvas for creating something interesting and multi-sensory,” he said. “Everyone needs distraction at this particular moment. Halloween is a great night for a party.”
The Adams Theater participates in Massachusetts Cultural Council’s Card to Culture program, in collaboration with the Department of Transitional Assistance, the Women, Infants & Children Nutrition Program, and the Massachusetts Health Connector. EBT, WIC, and ConnectorCare cardholders receive free admission to shows and events by presenting their cards at the box office.
