Spot Lite Detroit will be the site of Star Chronicle, a four night artist residency by Jeff Mills starting on September 10 2025.
Held in partnership with Paxahau, “Star Chronicle” will feature arts and artifacts from Mills’ personal collection, with special guests from the “Escape Velocity” projects including Terrence Dixon, Developer and Optic Nerve.
Several films will also be making their US debut:
Wednesday 9/10
Star Chronicle Opening Exhibition
Doors 7 pm
Jeff Mills Exhibit Presentation 7:30 pm
Conversation With Liz Warner 8:30 pm
Free W/ Rsvp (Limited Capacity. First Come, First Served)
Thursday 9/11
Forbidden Planet
Film Screening 9Pm: X-102 Rediscovers The Rings Of Saturn: Live In Tokyo 2018
Music 10 pm With Guest: Terrence Dixon (Live)
Friday 9/12
The Space Age
Film Screening 9 pm: Planets By Dairakudakan
Music 10 pm With Guest: Developer
Saturday 9/13
Cyber Punk And The New Revolution
Film Screening 9 pm: Life To Death And Back
Music 10 pm With Guest: Optic Nerve (Keith Tucker) (Live)
“Star Chronicle is about the subject of Space Travel. Not only the type that involves the capsulation of humans and blasting them up into the beyond,” Mills said in a statement. “This primarily deals with a perspective that each and every one of us can take part in and be involved. It’s the process of mentally releasing one’s ‘self’ in order to be able to reach a higher level of consciousness and explore the unknown space of the mind.
“Space Travel in the metaphysical sense requires a certain number of symbolic elements that would be used to reinforce the agenda. The consideration and application of the non-color metallic Silver, the movement of spiraling, the re-imagining of what it can mean to think about wearing a spacesuit or a second skin can be.
“The objective of Star Chronicle is to propose new ways of thinking about where we’re going. Collectively as a community of deep-thinking animals. What we’re spiraling towards and the purpose of staying awake. What it means to be conscious and alive.”
Spot Lite is at 2905 Beaufait St. in Detroit. Tickets are available at paxahau.com/StarChronicle.
