The pre-party reception was curated by London-based creative culinary duo and multi-sensory artists Bompas & Parr. Different stations were designed to have guests drink and eat in unconventional ways.
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Bompas & Parr created a flavor cloud that consisted of liquid nitrogen and scenters that made the cloud smell like bananas and apples.
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One of the installations, called the Temple of Ecstasy, invited guests into a glass box filled with alcoholic mist and featured an opening performance that involved a man shaving in the nude.
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Attendees were welcomed into the pre-reception by adventure ringmaster Mike Gabel, who egged guests on to take part in a hot-dog eating competition.
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During the pre-reception, guests were invited to the Luminescent Wobble Station that offered English jellies, one of Bompas & Parr's signature dishes. The glow in the dark jelly shots were set up in a black-out room.
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The Vegan Huntress Club station invited guests to shoot a crossbow into a line of unsuspecting fruits and vegetables.
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Guests could enter the pre-party reception down the "Tracheal Chute": a slide from the second-floor balcony.
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The entrance to the pre-reception gallery had guests walk through a giant clown mouth, which emitted a bubble gum haze.
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As guests walked into Power Plant, they were welcomed by a video screen of characters and attendees they could see throughout the evening, including a strong man, juggler, and hula-hooper.
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Montreal-based artist Dominique Pétrin wrapped one of the gallery rooms in her signature technicolored alien graphic patterns and illustrations.
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In another gallery room, artist Jennifer Steinkamp projected her 3-D computer animation titled "Ovaries." The imagery included various fruits represented as female reproductive parts.
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A purple-lighted room featured a bar that served glasses of FIOL Prosecco. Balloons and streamers mimicked the inside of a circus tent.
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Guests were given ice picks to chisel away at an ice sculpture, from which they could make their own mocktails with Seedlip, a non-alcoholic spirit.
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A Pommies Cider Co. bar featured an on-theme wooden bullseye board, with arrows and apples as decor.
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Vendor Edible Balloons delighted guests with helium-filled sugar balloons and edible clouds.
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The Power Plant's Paul Zingrone created an art installation called the Clown Room. The room was dimly lit and there were balloon swords that guests could play with.
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A marquee sign directed guests to get free tattoos. The room also had stacked boxes of Krispy Kreme doughnuts, one of the event's sponsors.
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Toronto-based tattoo studio Ink & Water gave guests free flash tattoos on site.
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Throughout the evening, stilt walkers danced with guests and walked through the crowd.
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As a nod to nostalgic fair games, the team from CXBO Chocolates lined up their famed Disco Eggs and invited people to try and knock them down with baseballs.
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Outside of the venue, a bar set up in a truck served whiskey—all in keeping with the theme of a traveling circus sideshow.
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Guests were invited to join in the "Conversation Bubble," an installation by Ana Rewakowicz. The inflatable structure held five people at a time.
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Another installation featured a museum of miniature dioramas by Al Stencell, a retired showman and collector.
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