Camirin Farmer On The Intersection Of Astrology & Comedy

The performer & astrologer TALKTALKTALKS channeling God on mushrooms & screaming into the void

My first time seeing Camirin perform they were playing the role of Saturn with Planets Planets Planets. For the uninitiated, Planets are an LA clown troupe, directed by Blair Bogin, that act out the astrological chart of the moment. It’s funny. It’s absurd. It’s the closest thing I’ve ever experienced to an Orphic rite. 

Over the course of the evening, I came to experience the cosmos as the living, breathing, force I’ve always known it to be intellectually. Camirin’s dramatic portrayal of astrology’s greater malefic blew apart my dusty archetypes, revealing new ways to relate to the cold and distant god. 

The second time I saw Camirin perform was during their one person show, God Vessel, an event that I’ll describe as clown church. Although trying to describe what went on in that small, dimly lit, performance space in Altadena would be like trying to describe what transpired in the cave of Asclepius. Was it all a dream? Some things can only be experienced first hand. 

But I will say this…