On a Saturday afternoon in early March, guests entering the Corey Helford Gallery in Culver City could see and experience Adrian Cox’s art. As part of his fifth solo exhibition at the gallery, titled “The Well of Dreams,” Cox hosted a one-hour, free creative wellness event and live performance by the artist, titled “The Ritual of Unknowing: A Surrealist Meditation Experience.”
“As a surrealist artist, I’m always looking for ways to engage with my subconscious mind and outmaneuver that logical part of my brain that wants to decide what a thing’s going to be before I’ve made it,” Cox explained. “One of the techniques that I started using a number of years ago is, I bought a cheap podcasting microphone and a little MIDI keyboard that I could hook up to my laptop, and I started making DIY hypnosis tracks.”
Guests were invited to bring their own yoga mats and pillows so that they could lay down comfortably. . . .
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Jessica Koslow 