Judson Church was founded by Edward Judson in 1892. The church rose in popularity in the 60s and 70s for avante garde artist and LGBT protests and gatherings. The church also opened a drug treatment clinic and small low cost abortion clinic. They supported women’s rights along with a lot of women’s rights activism. When the AIDS epidemic broke out in the 1980s the church also provided support and even medical help. The church also holds dancing which was originally brought in by the artists along with singing.
Judson church also had one of the first Off-Off-Broadway movements and dance theatres.
Today the church is still in use and holds very much the same purpose in society as it did in the early 60s and 70s.
La Monte Young’s “Dream House”
This “house” was created in 1993 by Young and his wife Marian. They used sound and color in the house to create a new sound light environment. The space was created to lose sense of time and worries. When walking into the room you are hit by the aroma of incense and a fuzzy neon sign that reads “The Dream House”. There is a carpet and meditation pads and you are not allowed to wear shoes. Many say the effects of the house have the feel of being on drugs particularly LSD.
