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A Spiritual Nightclub - your opinions would be greatly appreciated !
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| PartEgurl |
I am currently working on the beginnings of my thesis for Interior Design. The opinions of the Toronto electronic music community will greatly determine where I go with this project. Answers to the following questions would be greatly appreciated !
Project Concept:
I am designing a “spiritual” nightclub, which features electronic music fused with new age concepts to create a sustainable nightclub environment with emphasis on well being, something that isn’t offered in the current market. The project goal is to do something that hasn’t been done before, to push ourselves outside of the norm. I would like this nightclub to include meditation spaces, yoga spaces, dance spaces, and an energy boosting natural drink bar. There will be a 2.focus on alternative healing methods like colour, light, dance, touch and music therapy. It will be located in Toronto, but is a model that can be used throughout the world, since spirituality is a universal concept.
**EDIT**
I've changed the meditation space, to a relaxation space, since the word meditation doesnt reflect what I want to achieve.
1. What is your definition of spirituality?
2. Describe a spiritual environment. What are the essential elements?
3. Are you currently satisfied with the nightclub/bar environments that are available?
4. What normally attracts you to a nightclub environment? Is the interior design of the space important to you?
5. Would you visit an innovative nightclub environment that integrated electronic music therapy with yoga and meditation? Why or why not?
6. If you were to visit a new age nightclub, which of the following spaces would you utilize, and why? (meditation space, yoga area, dance area, natural energy drink bar, seating/socialization area, water therapy area, massage area)
7. In the previous question, which spaces, if any, would you not use? Why?
8. Is a sense of community important to you in an electronic music nightclub environment? Why or why not?
9. Are there certain elements in an electronic music nightclub that you feel are important and cannot be changed?
10. Would you visit a nightclub that promotes health and well being, yet at the same time features the DJ’s you want to see? |
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| Marcolissimo |
Sent you an email with my answers.
Good luck Linz. You better put my name on the VVIP list... not just VIP. |
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| activate |
the idea of a spiritual nightclub sounds kinda of odd to me.
It's a night club.. the whole point of them is for people to get drunk and listen to really loud music. There's nothing spiritual about that IMO, even if everyone is one pills massaging each others backs and telling each other how great they are. |
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| SuperJimbo |
Ha. I just quickly scanned your handle and thought I read "PartGurl". My next thought was, "I wonder which part?" ... :wtf:
(P.S. No offense. Good luck with your project. :D ) |
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| jon jon |
| quote: | Originally posted by PartEgurl
3. Are you currently satisfied with the nightclub/bar environments that are available?
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Yes.
I think the trick is finding the people who will answer "No" to that question.
In saying that, I know they're out there, the Cherry Beach thread exemplifies this.
However, generally I do tend to agree with Evan. And at least for me, I'm more likely to find said spirituality (in relation to our scene) in environments outside of clubs, in particular non-weekly events. (festivals, one-off gatherings). Very anti-club in a lot of ways and that hasn't interested me in a very long time.
Just my two cents, though I wouldn't underestimate the hippy contingency. :) |
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| EvilTree |
| I'm curious to know how EDM fits into 'spiritual' thing as it just seems odd to have EDM playing while you're meditating. Yoga with happy hardcore? lol. (though I can see this with ambient/chillout stuff being played) |
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| Cosmic Fur |
| Lindsey, are you sure there is a market for this type of club? Are any clubbers complaining that they have no place to meditate when they're in a club? It's very risky to try and create a brand new market if there's no need for it. You're trying to bridge the gap between clubbing and spirituality, which are miles apart. Clubs are usually the den of sin, and I'm tempted to say that's how people like them. I think a better idea would be to create some sort of a spiritual building with EDM influences, not a nightclub with spiritual influences. |
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| *~LiSa-LoO~* |
| quote: | Originally posted by EvilTree
I'm curious to know how EDM fits into 'spiritual' thing as it just seems odd to have EDM playing while you're meditating. Yoga with happy hardcore? lol. (though I can see this with ambient/chillout stuff being played) |
I actually read an article about how raving is a very spiritual experience for some people. I'm trying to find it right now...I'm not sure if I have it saved on my computer. |
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| activate |
| quote: | Originally posted by *~LiSa-LoO~*
I actually read an article about how raving is a very spiritual experience for some people. I'm trying to find it right now...I'm not sure if I have it saved on my computer. |
When you're on 3 pills, sitting on your floor staring at your socks is a spiritual experience. |
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| EvilTree |
| quote: | Originally posted by *~LiSa-LoO~*
I actually read an article about how raving is a very spiritual experience for some people. I'm trying to find it right now...I'm not sure if I have it saved on my computer. |
You can say going to any type of concert is a spiritual experience then. |
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| *~LiSa-LoO~* |
| quote: | Originally posted by EvilTree
You can say going to any type of concert is a spiritual experience then. |
I'm not the one that said it. Personally I completely disagree. And unfortunately Lindsay, I too find it hard to put an EDM nightclub together with a spiritual club. |
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| DigiNut |
| quote: | Originally posted by PartEgurl
1. What is your definition of spirituality? |
In my opinion, this very question will be your biggest obstacle. Everyone's definition is completely different. Actually, most people don't even have a definition for it, it's just a label they apply to something after it happens, like "love" or "inspired", based on some nebulous combination of emotions.
If you press someone for a definition, they may improvise one, but their answer tomorrow will be different from their answer today.
That fact, coupled with the proven economic theory that focus-group design and design-by-committee almost never produce a useful, profitable product, lead me to caution you against basing an important project on how a mostly-anonymous electronic music forum answers these questions. As the old saying goes, none of us is as dumb as all of us.
This might be a great idea, or it might not. Part of being a designer, or an entrepreneur of any kind, is risk, and asking the stakeholders to define what they want from a blank slate doesn't mitigate risk, it inflates it to obscene proportions. The greatest and most popular works of art do not come from interviews, they come from the tortured minds of ambitious individuals.
You're the designer - you tell us what we want. We can only tell you whether or not you hit the spot. Don't take this as being discouraging of the project itself - as I said, it could be a great idea, it all depends on the execution - I just don't think it's a useful exercise to be asking *us* about this. |
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