Welcome to the self guided audio tour for Lucid Dream Minigolf: In Search of Lost Time!
Lucid Dream Minigolf is an existential, narrative-driven, heartfelt, traveling minigolf course and interactive theater piece. Adult focused and mostly kid friendly.
You as a player go on a quest by playing holes that represent your own autobiographical past (The Pyramid of What Was), present (The Abyss of What Is), and future (The Winds of What May Be).
Scroll and click through the story step-by-step as you progress.
Equipment Prerequisite: Before you begin, each player should equip themselves with a club, a ball, and a pencil. Each group will share a course map.
Self Guided Audio Tour
Prolouge: In Search of Lost Time
Click below to start tour
Mutant Swamp Monster
A deformed alligator-like creature feeling behind, delayed, and not where they thought they would be at this point in their swampy monster life. Driven by the fear of never having enough time, the Mutant Swamp Monster has captured Time the Gnome of Infinity. Without Time, the land of Lucid Dream Minigolf will grow stagnant and lifeless.
Flushed down a toilet by a high-strung neglectful owner in Manhattan, the swamp monster lived in sewers of the city, going above ground at night to scavenge through trash in its youth. In search of refuge, the swamp monster made its way upriver: by day sleeping in the swamplands along the Hudson, by night creeping into villages to raid trash cans and chicken coops--often the cause of mischief that is misattributed to raccoons, opossums, and foxes. Due to its exposure to the Hudson river’s toxic chemicals, the Mutant Swamp Monster emits a telltale smell and bioluminescent glow at night. Beware if you sense a swampy toxic scent or see a green luminescence at night growing brighter, for the swamp monster draws near.
Time the Gnome of Infinity
a single gnome, but three co-eternal consubstantial gnomes. The three gnomes are distinct, yet make up one substance, essence, or nature. They are the eternal keepers of time’s impermanence. Contemplative and bittersweet, they are filled with a deep appreciation for life and its passing. Time is both dazzlingly powerful and moving precisely because it simultaneously never lasts and is everlasting. An infinite and continuous stream of fleeting moments. Time the Gnome of Infinity contains all the warm beauty and gentle wistfulness of how a late-summer sunset feels on your face with your eyes closed as the very last ray of sun kisses you goodbye over the horizon.
Chapter 1: The Mind Wandering Flamingo
::find the flamingo then click below::
Chapter 2: The Pyramid of What Was
::find Hole 1 then click below::
::on your way to Hole 1 share and discuss your happy memory with the other players::
Chapter 3: The Abyss of What Is
::find Hole 2 then click below::
::on your way to Hole 2 share and discuss your recent moment of distraction with the other players::
::click on Part 2 after each player has taken their first putt ::
Chapter 4: The Winds of What May Be
::find Hole 3 then click below::
::on your way to Hole 3 share and discuss your imagined future event with the other players::
::click on Part 2 after the first ball goes in the hole::
Chapter 5: Benediction
::find a quiet place to sit and reflect:: (it doesn’t have to be in these chairs)
This concludes the self guided audio tour for Lucid Dream Minigolf: In Search of Lost Time.
Please return the club and any remaining balls. The pencil and course map are yours to keep.
Lucid Dream Minigolf: In Search of Lost Time is a production partially supported by the CREATE Council of Greene County, A.R.T/New York, and contributions from players like you.
If you enjoyed minigolf and have the means, please consider donating.
Suggested donation $25+ Venmo @luciddreamminigolf
Thanks for playing!
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Acknowledgements
It is with the deepest appreciation and gratitude that we thank the following friends and supporters of the course. Without their time, talent, tools, and creative passions, a whimsical traveling minigolf course in the Hudson Valley and Catskills in all likelihood would not exist. From the bottom of our hearts, our sincere thanks to everyone that helped including, but not exclusively:
Building
Ben Seretan | @benseretan: collective memory sound design
Processional Arts Workshop | @processional_arts: consultants
Becca Van K | @beccavank: flamingo chairs
Grace Lang | @grooseling: mountain painting
Ramiro Davaro-Comas | @ramirostudios: mountain painting
Casson Kennedy | @cassnknndy: course construction and workshop facilities
Ashton Dame | @kreaturekastle: illustration and cartography
Lucy Bohnsack | @lucybohnsack: costuming
Amelia Toelke | @ameliatoelke: pyramid construction, typesetting
Peter Madsen: pyramid construction and facilities
New Leaf Tree Services: facilities
ProPrinters | @proprinters: field guide printing
Tech Valley Center of Gravity | @techvalleycog: 3D printing
Brandon Gamm | @brandon_gamm: 3D printing
Erik Morrison: construction assistant
Josh Olsen | @olsenjosh: construction assistant
Sophia Taylor | @sophiatayylor: spirit orb charting
Sammy Maine | @sammymaine: copy editing
Purpose Makerspace | @purposecooperative: facilities
Performing
Delano Montgomery | @topquialitymanfriend
Casey Robertson | @caseyrobertson_
Jenny Allen | @jennielallen
Catie Friel | @selfsamesould
Kendra McKinley | @kendra_mckinley
Rebecca R. Borrer | @rrb.life
Dylan Nowik | @dylannowik
Alex Daud | @daud.ac
Andrew Emge | @weymoso
Lucy Bohnsack | @lucybohnsack:
Casey Taylor | @caassey
Sammy Maine | @sammymaine
Derek James Smith | @constellationcatskill
Funding
This project is supported by
Awesome Foundation NYC | @awesomefound.nyc:
CREATE Council of Greene County | @create.council:
Alliance of Resident Theatres New York
New York Council on the Arts | @nyscouncilonthearts: