Horned Ball 2016 at Webster Hall 20,000 Horns Under the Sea

Would you believe its almost time for Horned Ball again!?
Kostume Kult welcomes Spring with its annual emergence of horned beasts and creatures to party all night long.

This year we are going deep, deep sea diving that is. Come with us 20,000 Horns Under the Sea to a Steampunk themed adventure!

Kostume Kult Presents
-- Horned Ball 2016 --
20,000 Horns Under The Sea

Saturday 4.9.16 - 9pm to 5am
Webster Hall, 125 E. 11th St., NYC

TIX: Buy Now at http://bit.ly/HornedBallNYC
Tickets Tiers: $40/ 50 (Early tier $30 sold out)
$60 at the door (if available)
Drink Specials all night
21+

RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/485930291595872/

This April, please join Kostume Kult for our largest ever horned spring bacchanal ever! Channeling Jules Verne, on April 9th we plunge into the sea with a steampunk adventure to the Lost City of Aquatis and its wild variety of sexy and strange HORNED creatures… And our Philly friends Space Pirates!

THEME:
While HORNS of any type will suffice, to play along with this year's theme, come as steampunk explorer, horny pirate, mermaid, aquatic retro-futuristic, bizarro deep-sea, mesozoic oceania, tentacles, leviathans, krakens or anything with horns, spikes or tusks. Jules Verne wrote both '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' and 'Journey to the Center of the Earth'… We mash them together with artistic license and many questionable choices… WITH YOUR HELP!

DJs (TBA) in 3 rooms spinning Nauti-House, Fishy-Funk and Deepsea Bass downstairs icluding

** Marlin Room (Nauti-House) **
TBA

** Sunken Ship Room (Fishy-Funk) **
David Kiss
https://soundcloud.comdavidkiss/
Luka Tacon
https://soundcloud.com/lukatacon
NSR
https://soundcloud.com/iamnsr
Salinger
https://soundcloud.com/salinger
(all affiliated with DEEP NYC)

** Space Pirates Room (Deepsea Bass) **
Sequoia (Mischief/Meso Creso - DC)
Captain Shaggy2K (Space Pirates/Disorient - Philly)
Elixir (Space Pirates/Disorient - Philly)
STLTZ (Space Pirates/Disorient - Philly)
KDubz (Space Pirates - Philly)

PERFORMANCES (before midnight)
Dark Cabaret Musician Aurelio Voltaire (http://www.voltaire.net/)
Wild Women Of Planet Wongo (http://www.planetwongo.com/)
Liah Alonso (http://www.liahalonso.com/)
The Mating Game Returns
Aqua-Fashion Show (around 1am)

ART/ ACTIVITIES:
Neptune's SeaTrap
Jonah's Esophageal Lounge
El Pulpo Fantastico
Coral Boob Reef
Bath-O!-Sphere
Seahorse Stampede
Clocks & Cog
Coelacanth Ranch
Hydrothermal Venting
Narwhale Jousting
Pin the Tail on the Leviathan
(the return of) Let Loose the BuKKraken!
Live Painting with Tico Chango
*Propose Something*

PROPOSE ART/ ACTIVITY:
http://bit.ly/HB16Artists

TO VOLUNTEER:
http://bit.ly/HB16Volunteers

QUESTIONS?
Producers: Marianna Grace & Ema Takeda
Decor: Gabrielle Myst & Joanne H.
Volunteers: Eliza Spear & Stacey Wrangler
Music Curation: DJs Milk & David Kiss
Performances: Ema Takeda
Mating Game/ Fashion Show: Christopher Hardwick
Photography: Tom Egan
Flyer: Matty Weiss
Ticketing problems?: Tickets@kostumekult.com

ABOUT:
Horned Ball is the longest running event of the Kostume Kult arts collective (Costume Cultural Society), a non-profit arts org supporting costume art, street theater and mad fun while bringing wonderful people together. Horned Ball is Kostume Kult's first of three official Burning Man camp fundraisers also including Black & Light Ball (5.19.16) and Freakkshow (late July). With the three events vibed Geek, Chic and Freak, respectively, HB is the most fantastical where all themes are set in fantasy realms as spring bacchanalias with the animals shaking off winter slumber with itchy horns and the urge to dance! Horned Ball is a safe space where all are welcome while warning everyone to *respect boundaries* and *ask first* whenever photographing or flirting... And quickly report creeps! (We have a zero-tolerance policy).

For more on Kostume Kult, our year-round events and Burning Man camp, please visit www.kostumekult.com, join of FB Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/Kostumekult/ and like our Community Page at https://www.facebook.com/KostumeKultPage

Horned Ball 7 Recap Photos and Herds of Sexy Unicorn!

Oh what a night...
First huge props go to the Kostume Kult Horned Ball decorating crew. Campfires and torch chandeliers made of fans, fabric and light dimly lit the 2 floors of the venue transforming Santo's Party House into a Nordic Viking Paradise including ice cave dance floor! It was really an amazing effort that resulted in the best produced Horned Ball I have been to yet.

But first, it was an eventful evening before I even arrived downtown. I dressed at my apartment in Queens and called a car service. The driver didn't seem to notice my strange attire and was way more concerned with his GPS then actually driving, resulting in us hitting a curb and nearly driving over the sidewalk before we got 2 blocks from my place. The following part of the story I am not proud of. My bad driver was listening to the GPS instead of my directions thus taking us around in circles and not closer to the highway. Frustrated and running late I have to admit I yelled at him a little. However once we are on the BQE I thought we were good to go. How wrong I was. Suddenly we are spinning around out of control in the middle of the highway while cars swerve and angrily beep at us! We spin, hit the guardrail and come to a stop facing the wrong way in traffic. Turns out he realized we are in the wrong lane at the very last possible second and cut someone off so severely they hit the back of our car sending us into a tail spin. Cop just happened to be 100 feet behind us, stops traffic, asks if I am OK. Then notices I'm dressed as a UNICORN!

Cop: "So where you headed tonight?"
Me: "A Costume party."
Cop: "It's April you know"
Me: "Yes sir, I am aware."

I thought for sure he was going to search me for drugs. But clearly he has been on the NYPD for a while and was fairly unfazed by the whole thing. Drivers exchange info. Traffic resumes. My driver is too scared to pull out into traffic, I have to talk him through the rest of our trip. Come to find out its his first week driving in NYC and now he's been scared to badly he doesn't think he wants to do it anymore. Good lord, get me out of this car! I gave him some money, wished him luck and told him to go slow on his way home. Thank goodness nobody was hurt.

Arriving early at the party was nice, got to take in the decorations, meet some people and watch the body painters in action. I was supposed to be a Kostume Kult greeter, but there wasn't much organization going on and no good place to greet so I did my best to be social and put the good word of KK out there. Perhaps next time I will bring my megaphone and mega greet people. The Gong show was crazy and funny and there are a lot of talented vikings out there. Who knew?

On to my costume, Sexy Unicorn Part 2! I was a Sexy Unicorn for Horned Ball 5, but it was a pretty half baked attempt. This time was way better and I met a lot of fellow Unicorns. Thinking we should join together and go for runs in a herd or more likely just prance. I'm pretty sure thats what Unicorns like to do. My Unicorn horn was the inspiration for the whole costume. It was actually a Christmas ornament I found and stuck into a piece of styrofoam that I wired and hot glued to a headband. I basically secured it will 2 sticks of hot glue and prayers. Obviously not being used to an extra foot of height, I bonked my horn on doorways and decorations and even a few people. Oops sorry. It lasted the whole night though! Didn't even leave it in the cab on the way home.

More importantly I would like to point out my red and white striped spandex body suit! YES!! Total cost: $10. I'm very proud of this successful piece of rogue sewing. I basically cut, draped on my own body and trial and error sewed it together till it fit. The stripes are so damn awesome! The wig is the same one I wore to the Alt. Oscar Party. Did you notice the black belt? Hello fanny pack! Haha Hey I can't have a purse taking away from this look. I should've taken better close up pictures but the night always seems to fly by! Next time I will set aside an hour before for the photo shoot. I wore 2 pairs of eyelashes to the party which was a challenge! I put the bottom ones on first, let them fully dry and then did the top. It looked very cool but restricted my peripheral vision quite a bit. It also make my eyes tired quickly I will wear smaller ones on the bottom next time.

I ended up going home early-ish due to over serving myself and being fairly unable to walk in my heels after a while. While they were the hottest of shoes, my already poor dancing skills suffered and my middle right toe has been numb since the party. The bodysuit suffered some dirt stains due to a spill or two, oh boy! I have to look up how to wash spandex cause I definitely want to wear this again. It was a 9 in the comfort level, but a -2 in the easy-to-go-to-the-bathroom category.







Anyway everyone looked amazing. Check out some more photos on Metro Mix and Time Out NY.

5th Annual Alt.Oscars Awards Event hosted by Kostume Kult Feb. 27, 2010

On Oscar Night, Sunday, Feb 27th, please join the Costume Cultural Society (Kostume Kult's upscale persona) and many fabulous celebrities on NYC's most outrageous Red Carpet!

Featuring Oscar Viewing in multiple rooms, the Infamous Alty Awards Ceremonies, an Interactive Red Carpet where all are welcome to participate and an all-night Dance Party with DJ's spinning during the commercials and after the show.

Sunday, February 27th
6pm to 2am+
Soirée & Crash Mansion
199 Bowery at Spring Street
Manhattan, NYC
** Two venues linked together with the Alty Awards upstairs in the Main Room (Soirée) or listen to every word of the Hollywood Oscars downstairs (Crash Mansion) **

$10 limited first-tier, presale tickets
$20 door
Buy tickets here.

Food and Drink Specials all night (2-for-1 from 6-7pm)
18+ (Yes, bring the kids!)

RSVP here.

DRESS: Film Character, Pop Culture Icon, Inspired Eccentric, Creative Black Tie, Star-Struck Paparazzi or anything fabulous or fun.

ALTY AWARDS for Best Celebrity (delusions of grandeur and temper tantrums encouraged!), Best Costumes (from a recent or past film), Technical Direction (costumes with tech in them) and Lifetime Achievement (real or imagined)... ALTY JUNIORS for feats of brilliance and absurdity.

TALENT: MC Christopher, DJ Boris Burning Elf and YOU showing Hollywood how New York has Twice the Glamour and Three Times the Fun! (+others TBA soon)

Oscar Pool: Whether you can make it or not, you are welcome to play our Oscar Pool (coming soon). Get some skin in the game and note that you will be notified if you are a winner even if not at the event or cannot stay til the end.

PAPARAZZi? Photographers, Video or Press? If you would like to be an official paparazzi or videographer please contact producer Irene (ikmalatesta@gmail.com) and ask for your all-access laminate.

VOLUNTEER? Please let Irene know (ikmalatesta@gmail.com) if you want to help out or have fabulous art or glamour stuff you would like to loan.