Antero Alli

Antero Alli was born November 11, 1952, in Finland. Alli currently resides in Berkeley, California, where he conducts workshops and stages theatrical productions, some of which have been released as films. Alli is also a professional astrologer and has authored books on experimental theatre, astrology and Timothy Leary's 8-circuit model of consciousness.

Film and theatrical work

Alli refers to his thirty years of work in experimental theatre as [paratheatre] , a term borrowed from the writings of Jerzy Grotowski. [http://www.paratheatrical.com/orientation.html] He conducts private workshops in the Bay Area, some of which have evolved into public productions and provided the material for his films. [http://www.paratheatrical.com/workings.html]

Between 1976 and 1999, Alli wrote and directed a series of stageplays exploring mystical themes in "Circles" (1976), "Coronation at Stillnight" (1977), "The Conjunction" (1978), "Chapel Perilous" (1983), "Animamundi" (1989), and "Hungry Ghosts of Albion" (1999). Between 1992 and 2002 Antero co-curated the Nomad Film Festival, a Pacific coast touring venue featuring short experimental films and videos. [http://www.filmthreat.com/index.php?section=interviews&Id=9] Since 1993, Antero has redirected his focus to the creation of underground feature-length art films with mystical themes such as "The Oracle" (1993), "The Drivetime" (1995), "Tragos" (2001), "Hysteria" (2002), "Under a Shipwrecked Moon" (2003) and "The Greater Circulation" (2005), a cinematic treatment of Czech poet Rainer Maria Rilke's "Requiem For a Friend."

Writing

Alli's books span a number of subjects, but all share common themes with his paratheatrical efforts: archetypes, personal mythology and the use of ritual to transform consciousness. Like his colleague Rob Brezsny, Alli proposes a free will approach to astrology, which advocates providing clients with the information to make decisions instead of deterministic predictions. In "Towards an Archaeology of the Soul" (2003), Alli presents a detailed account of the theories and processes that go into his own paratheatrical creations.

Between 1991-95, Alli was editor/publisher of Talking Raven Quarterly, a Seattle-based literary journal featuring the writings of Robert Anton Wilson, Hakim Bey, and Rob Brezsny among others. [http://www.paratheatrical.com/pages/talkingraven/raven.html]

In Spring and Fall 2006, Alli taught a course on his book "AngelTech" at Robert Anton Wilson's [http://www.maybelogic.org Maybe Logic Academy] .

Books

*Alli, Antero (1987). "AngelTech". New Falcon. ISBN 1-56184-009-2
*Alli, Antero (1988). "All Rites Reversed: Ritual Technology for Self-Initiation". New Falcon. ISBN 0-941404-81-1
*Alli, Antero (1988). "The Akashic Record Player: A Non-Stop Geomantic Conspiracy". New Falcon. ISBN 0-941404-91-9
*Alli, Antero (1993). "Letters, Essays and Premonitions". Vigilantero Press/Vertical Pool.
*Alli, Antero and Sylvie Pickering (1996). "The Vertical Oracle". Vertical Pool. ISBN 0-9657341-0-2
*Alli, Antero (1999). "Astrologik". Vertical Pool. ISBN 0-9657341-0-2
*Alli, Antero (2003). "Towards an Archeology of the Soul". Vertical Pool. ISBN 0-9657341-2-9
*Hyatt, Christopher S. and Antero Alli (2006). "A Modern Shaman's Guide to a Pregnant Universe". New Falcon. ISBN 1-56184-241-9

Filmography

*"Requiem for a Friend" (1991; 40 min)
*"Archaic Community" (1992; 80 min) a paratheatre video document
*"The Drivetime" (1995; 88 min)
*"The Oracle" (1993; 70 min)
*"Lily in Limbo" (1996; 27 min)
*"Tragos: A Cyber-Noir Witch Hunt" (2000; 105 min)
*"Roadkill" (2001; 27 min)
*"Hysteria" (2002; 83 min)
*"Under a Shipwrecked Moon" (2003; 96 min)
*"Orphans of Delirium" (2004; 82 min) a paratheatre video document
*"The Greater Circulation" (2005; 93 min)
*"The Mind is a Liar and a Whore" (2007; 92 min)
*"The Invisible Forest" (2008; 111 min.)"

References

* [http://www.paratheatrical.com/orientation.html Paratheatrical Orientation] from [http://www.paratheatrical.com/ Alli's Website]
* [http://www.paratheatrical.com/workings.html Past Performances] from [http://www.paratheatrical.com/ Alli's Website]
* [http://www.filmthreat.com/index.php?section=interviews&Id=9 Alli Interviewed] at [http://ww.filmthreat.com Film Threat]
* [http://www.paratheatrical.com/pages/talkingraven/raven.html Talking Raven] from [http://www.paratheatrical.com/ Alli's Website]
* [http://www.key64.net/interview/1349-antero-alli-interview Alli Interviewed] at [http://www.key64.net Key 64]

ee also

*Experimental theatre
*Western astrology

External links

* [http://www.paratheatrical.com/ Antero Alli's Website]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0021334/ Antero Alli] at [http://www.imdb.com IMDB]
* [http://deoxy.org/geoman.htm/ An excerpt from Alli's 'The Akashic Record Player'] at [http://deoxy.org Deoxy.org]
* [http://wings.buffalo.edu/epc/ezines/treehome/tree04/talki_32.html Talking Raven] reviewed at [http://wings.buffalo.edu/epc/ezines/treehome/treeHome.html Tap Root Reviews]