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♔ THIS EVENT IS BY APPLICATION ONLY ♚

​Soothsayers & utopians,
Voyagers of the void,
Minstrels, muses, and more:
We come together again — world-worthy and analog.

​This event is not like others. If you've been, you know.

Expect a hard-to-describe week of solid humans, psychedelic renaissance, depth, art, mischief, and magic.

We curate for curiosity, courage, care, creativity, brilliance.

Bring your realest self.

​♜ Context ♖

​SYNESTHESIA is the prodigal child from a lineage of uniquely-curated gatherings that began in French castles and now find their home in a permanent HQ. The program is hybrid professionally produced & co-created.

𓃀 Instead of a normal ticket, each participant joins a guild based on their sensorial imperative with an invitation to imbue the gathering with that sense (or a multi-sensory experiment).

𓂫 Six days plant-forward food included with all tickets. The event is decommodified & financially inclusive. Once you are here, your needs are met and there is no need for money.

​⚖ Accommodation [rooms, cabins, glamping] offered separately [July release] or bring your own for free.

𓏎 50% of the budget for this gathering is allocated to art. Last year, we were 150 participants with 50 team & artists.

𓐐𓎩 Food is central to the experience and we dine together (although there are many quiet nooks and benches in the nature if you're feeling solo).

𓎪 Abundance is provided breakfast, lunch, dinner, as well as community-created midnight bites. Meals are plant-forward with quality ingredients, many local and/or organic.

𓁎 There are invitations to volunteer, contribute, and look-out for one another, but nothing is expected.

This event is designed to be enthusiastically friendly to those who choose to say sober during the week.

​♝ Intensity Arc ♗

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​♛ Guilds ♕

​✠ Choose the sense you most wish to imbue into this event.

​⚜ There is no wrong choice, though some may improve their fate...

​✠ All paths take you to the same place: SYNESTHESIA

Guilds are a low-stakes way to get involved in the shenanigans. Think of it as 'just the fun bit' [depending on your definition of fun] of joining a camp or barrio at a burn or co-created event. No cooking or admin required. You may choose your guild on the 'REQUEST TO JOIN' page.

The guilds are as follows:

​⌘ Taste Guild
⌗ Touch Guild
✾ Smell Guild
✦ Sight Guild
♫ Sound Guild

Guild members are invited to use their specific Telegram channels prior to arriving at the gathering to scheme and collaborate. Involvement and creation is encouraged but voluntary. It's perfectly OK to show up the day of the event without a plan.

Naturally, multi-sensory installations, immersions, and experiments are welcome.

​Map [under development]

​⌖ Venue

​The Garden, a private 23 acre estate nestled on the mountainside in the heart of the Lima river valley.

We enjoy a private lake, established forest garden and groves, pool, sauna, giant hot tub, moonboard climbing wall, villa, two grand halls & embodiment space, four kitchens, gym, yoga decks & yoga platforms, giant dance floor, cork dojo, circus arts, fitness studio, private lake, two swimming springs, jam space full of instruments & soundsystems, fruit orchards, and more.

There is abundant flat, shaded camping available. Late August in these woods is a tropical paradise.

There is fibe-roptic internet on-site and a dedicated co-working terrace. Otherwise, SYNSETHESIA is phone & screen free.

♔ 45 minutes from Porto Airport [OPO]
♘ 3.5 hours from Lisbon.
♕ Hours of forested hiking footsteps out the back gate.
♗ 20-25 minutes to the beach [kitesurfing & surfing]
♖ 20-25 minutes to the waterfall valley.
♙ 15 minutes to Viana do Castelo & Ponte de Lima.
♛ Everything on this land is buzzing with life <3

​♞ Financial Aid ♘

​If these prices still scare you, apply for financial aid here.
We value financial inclusivity.

​Notes

• ​Ample accommodation will be released with many private rooms, cabins, glamping tipis, and bell tents. Otherwise, bring your own van & tent for free.

• ​Introvert friendly.

• ​Alcohol & smoke free estate.

• ​Moratorium on techno & psytrance.

• ​Music line-up is curated. Outdoor sound curfew midnight to 2AM [depending on the night]. We want you to leave feeling better than when you arrived.

• ​This event is covered by discrete, professional photographers & other than that no-photos or video are allowed.

• ​All photos are real. Film & digital.

• ​This is a non-profit endeavor organized by the Garden Association.

• ​Tickets are non-refundable and non-transferable. Commit with confidence. If you can't make it, you will receive 100% credit to a future event or Garden Residencies (thegarden.pt)

​We're supported by a dream team:

​Sharon, Leela, Saed, Natasha, Laura, Bex, Andre, Yianni, Cintia, and many more.

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YOU MADE IT TO THE END.

Use the code: READER for €25 off <3