The Naturalists

(A collaboration with artist Jon Bernson)

MARCH 26, 27, 28 and APRIL 2, 3, 4, 5 at 8 pm

Once a year, a reclusive group of scientists known as The Naturalists opens its laboratory to a small group of investors for a series of confidential lectures. This exclusive summit takes place on a remote atoll in the Pacific Ocean, where the Naturalists conduct groundbreaking research in fields ranging from botany and genetics to cosmology and oceanic studies.

Their confidential presentations, and the inventions they reveal, are the stuff of international rumor, envy, and wonder, widely known to send shockwaves through the scientific community. The convening offers attendees a rare view of our planet’s future, an opportunity to meet the scientists themselves, and a chance to observe the methods behind their remarkable progress.

Rather than depend on grants or government contracts, the Naturalists remain self-funded and unaffiliated with any institution. Their work is supported entirely through private investment by those invited to attend. The convening is also the only moment when the group’s fiercely guarded research is revealed. Attendance at the Heptagon is by invitation only.

A link (forthcoming) is your invitation. It will only be offered once. Do not let it expire. Check back frequently for details or sign up for an exclusive invitation HERE

Jon Bernson is an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning media artist whose interdisciplinary work spans film, theater, audio-visual art, and music. His shape-shifting projects push the boundaries of narrative storytelling, often exploring existential themes with a slow-burn, tragicomic style. He has held residencies at the de Young Museum, Playwrights Foundation, The Space Program, and with The Imaginists. 

Bernson is the author of seven plays, including When Lighting the Voids, written for StoryWorks Theater and later adapted into a nationally broadcast radio play on Reveal. He has been supported by the Rainin Foundation, Culture Keepers  and the Venturous Theater Fund, with work presented at Minnesota Street Project, Catharine Clark Gallery, Stanford University, Sonos Studio, and at festivals and venues internationally.

As a musician, Bernson has released more than twenty albums, including music featured in David Fincher’s The Social Network. He also composed, scored, and sound designed The New Yorker’s Reeducated, which earned him both an Emmy and a Peabody Award. His installation Beautification Machine, created with Andy Diaz Hope, was acquired by the Nevada Museum of Art for its permanent collection.