WHEN PANTHEONS COLLIDE! - 2023, The Alden

All photos by Keelyn Oxley

A devised commission incorporating the balloon work of blcksmth (Michael James Schneider), the “Pantheons” aesthetic owes a debt to the tongue-in-cheek irreverence of the comedies of Aristophanes, where nothing is out of bounds— including a side-scrolling arcade fight sequence with balloon energy bars, Athena’s comprehensive slideshow on the merits of wisdom, and (of course) Poseidon’s pet flying shark.