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Tea Lab Funk Buddha

Greg Miller

Location TBA

Tea Lab Funk Buddha seeks to become a safe chill zone at the 2016 PEX Summer Festival by creating a Tea House through which we will serve Simplici-TEA, thus addressing the Burning Man Industrial Complexi-TEAs.  Tea Lab scientists will serve various free tea in beakers while visitors will be entertained with theatrics from Akim Funk Buddha and multi-cultural cast members from Asia, Africa and America, marrying ancient with urban musical theater.   

We recognize the advanced evolutionary and complicated nature of festival culture (“Burning Man Industrial Complex”) and are offering tea as a simple means to create human bonds (a la gift culture). The ancient ritual of tea service will be used as means of facilitating quiet, mindful social interaction between participants leaving them with a sense of grounding no matter their fashion, economic or cool factor status.  We hope that this simple gift, given with joy and served in a delightful atmosphere, will inspire each attendee to future acts of kindness.