AS ABOVE, SO BELOW

ON THE EDGE OF THE INFINITE (PART 12): AS ABOVE, SO BELOW

A One-Night Immersive Show of Live Percussive Dance, Surrealist Art, and Tarot on the Lower East Side

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Featuring: Melissa Almaguer, Iliana Ortega, Courtney Puckett, Rachel Grobstein, Lauren Comito, Adina Andrus, Julia Popescu​

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Date & Time: Saturday, August 29, 2026 | 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

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Location: Lichtundfire, 175 Rivington Street, Lower East Side, New York, NY 10002

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Admission: Free

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On the Edge of the Infinite is a series of one-night events that explores the fascination with the end of time and what lies beyond it. Focusing on the space between an ending and the limitless unknown. Curated by Laura Horne, Steven Pestana, and Sophia Sobers.

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In this twelfth edition, that threshold is explored through the framework of the Tarot, a system built on archetypes, fate, and human transformation. Tap dancer Melissa Almaguer will act as an alchemical anchor in the space, using improvisation to turn the floor into a live acoustic heartbeat. Visual artist Iliana Ortega’s Essays on Light unfolds across six short moving-image works exploring the shifting relationships between light and darkness, sound and silence, presence and absence. Nocturnal light and water enter into dialogue with original composition and sound design by Iván Naranjo, softening the physical boundaries of the gallery and drawing the viewer into a fluid, dreamlike environment.

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Lauren Comito traces the flattened templates of everyday packaging to reveal hidden geometry, creating works on paper that function like ancient schematics. Courtney Puckett builds three-dimensional totems out of discarded furniture, household items, and textiles. Her work connects modernist sculpture with generational traditions of feminine craft, particularly in her "Characters" series that stand around the room like towering Major Arcana figures. In Adina Andrus “Party of the Mystics” series, creates votive objects evoking ancient ceremonies and festivals centered around natural and cosmic deities, with each work named after a month of the year to emphasize the cyclic nature of rituals. 

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Rachel Grobstein uses miniature sculpture to examine overlooked daily routines. Her UFO series imagines a provisional museum display of UFO artifacts scattered among everyday tools. Her work mirrors the unstable, intuitive nature of divination, showing how we gather symbols to attempt to make sense of life’s larger mysteries. Bringing the theme full circle, Julia Popescu (aka Snakes for Hair) brings her deep background in mythology, symbology, and world mystical traditions into the room, offering live Tarot readings throughout the night so visitors can directly consult the cards.