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The innovative music group, X: THC has confirmed an exclusive live performance of the live music and film multimedia experience, X: The Human Condition, to benefit The Jed Foundation and AFSP at The Tank Theater, NYC on Thursday, September 16 at 9:30 pm.
The band's mysterious live performance is accompanied by X: THC's original film, X: The Human Condition, whose wistful and phantasmagorical imagery creates an inspiring and unforgettable experience. Citing Tim Burton, Michel Gondry, Darren Aronofsky, Jean Cocteau, and The Brothers Grimm as major influences, X: THC’s visual companion to the performance is a surrealistic, psychological trip inside the human subconscious.
In the United States, suicide has claimed the lives of 300,000 people over the past 10 years and there are more than one million suicide attempts each year, taking an enormous toll on families, friends, classmates, co-workers and communities. It is the second leading cause of death among college students.
A week ago, the Los Angeles Times wrote, "In 1998, 93% of the students seeking counseling were diagnosed with one mental disorder, compared to 96% of students in 2009. The percentage of students with moderate to severe depression rose from 34% to 41% while the number of students on psychiatric medications increased from 11% to 24%. However, the number of students who said they had thought about suicide within two weeks of counseling fell from 26% in 1998 to 11% in 2009 -- a figure that could reflect improvements in suicide prevention and counseling outreach on college campuses."
The Jed Foundation is the leading nonprofit organization working to reduce emotional distress and prevent suicide among college students. Suicide remains the second leading cause of death among college students and unaddressed emotional problems are a top reason students don’t graduate or do well in school. The Jed Foundation’s programs are changing the way parents and students think about mental health, paving the way for more young people to get treatment if needed, and helping colleges create safer, healthier campus communities.
The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) is the leading national not-for-profit organization exclusively dedicated to understanding and preventing suicide through research, education and advocacy, and to reaching out to people with mental disorders and those impacted by suicide.
Michael Nova, who created X: The Human Condition, is an existential explorer. A powerful performer, composer, filmmaker and producer, Michael has released this music and film multimedia project with a D.I.Y. (Do It Yourself) aesthetic that persevered after over a decade of, at times, seemingly insurmountable challenges. During production, Michael overcame losing his vision and near suicidal depression, to experience a miraculous recovery, which in turn drove him to complete X: The Human Condition. Now he brings the work to the world, to inspire others to make a positive change as he did, and make a difference. X: THC's music can be heard onboard Continental Airlines, Aircalin Airlines, on worldwide online radio, and over 100 terrestrial college radio stations nationwide.
X: THC will donate all profits from this performance to The Jed Foundation (www.halfofus.com) and AFSP (www.afsp.org).
’X: The Human Condition is an emotionally cataclysmic event that will resonate in your subconscious...’ - UnratedNYC Magazine
’An amazing album… may build on many of the stepping stones of the past, but is definitely an album and concept that treads towards the future, and new possibilities in ways that many artists have not even started to consider.’ - SlowDiveMusic Blog
"X: The Human Condition is something entirely different and unique. It is more than just an album.
It is an audio-visual assault on your senses."- The Scene, AU
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