Before Tesla was a lame hair band, there was the eccentric genius scientist and inventor Nikola Tesla. His life was the subject of a cool play called Requiem for Tesla by the Austin, TX theater company Rude Mechanicals and now Tesla’s flashiest invention, the Tesla Coil is on display in the Collective:Unconscious performance spectular, Tesla Mania.

here’s the deal:

October 1st 10pm
Collective:Unconscious
279 Church
http://www.weird.org
http://www.chickscook.org

Feast your eyes on electric mayhem. Smell the fresh scent of ozone, as bolts of electricity burst forth form the Tesla coil. Be amazed at high voltage experiments!! Be prepared to go on a journey as we travel through time, to conjure up the spirit of Nikola Tesla. Celebrate the life of the greatest inventor of our time Nikola Tesla in Collective’s ongoing monthly tribute to the forgotten genius.

Featuring: Gecko Saccomanno, Chanteuse Extraordinaire Topaz, Raven, the Tesla coil, our Tesla Master Jamie Mereness, and introducing Justin Davila as Tesla.

“I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success . Such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything.” – Nikola Tesla