Otherworld Performance Lab: galen tipton

Simultaneously active and meditative, phantom echoes the overwhelming yet calming vibe of Otherworld. Be transported as genre-spanning artist and Ohio native galen tipton instills a sense of wonder and curiosity.

Enjoy a Q&A between local poet Amy Turn Sharp and galen tipton after the performance.

More about the artist

galen tipton also releases music under the name “recovery girl.” She has been recognized by the likes of Iggy Pop, David Byrne, Rebecca Black, Adult Swim, Anthony Fantano, 100 Gecs, and Dorian Electra, and has released numerous projects on Orange Milk Records, Deskpop, and Unseelie. Most recently, her song “tadpoles lullaby” went viral on TikTok. In all her work—whether pop, club, or sound collage—tipton’s focus is finding the connective tissue between the challenging and the accessible, always with a strong sense of play.

• Artist’s Bandcamp
• Artist’s Instagram
• Artist’s Twitter
• “galen tipton Navigates America’s Turbulent Times as recovery girl,” Underground Underdogs

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More about the series

Otherworld Performance Lab is an experimental, creative collaboration of makers, artists, musicians, and dreamers whose work unfolds inside Columbus’s magical, immersive art installation, Otherworld.

In this three-part series, galen tipton and others enter our virtual laboratory to perform from one of Otherworld’s wondrous and surreal spaces. Dubbed one of the “world’s coolest places” in 2019 by Time magazine, the 32,000-square-foot museum blends science fiction and fantasy with its dizzying array of mixed-reality playgrounds, secret passageways, and rooms of large-scale, interactive installations. Experience its wonder from the comfort of home at this not-to-be-missed, prerecorded event.

Audio production for Otherworld Performance Lab is provided by Secret Studio in Franklinton, a multipurpose studio/salon for creative audio recording, workshops, and art events. Owners Keith Hanlon and Amy Turn Sharp work to design opportunities for creativity and community to merge and flourish.

Video production is provided by the Columbus-based creative production team GHØST LABEL, comprised of GHØSTs from the shadow realm who have created rad video content and worked with humanity to solve pizza-related crimes for nearly a decade.