IAM
iam.bmezine.com — the platform
The annual gathering. Three days of the community in one room — panels, documentation screenings, a suspension space run by verified practitioners, and the reunion that keeps the archive human.
For three days each August the community stops being a set of usernames and becomes a room full of people. BMEfest is not a trade show and not a spectacle for tourists — it is a reunion, a record being made in person, and a working space for the people who carry the practice forward.
The daytime program is open to all members: panels on living modified, documentation screenings pulled from the archive, and open studio hours. The after-hours suspension space is age-gated and staffed only by verified practitioners. BME documents; it does not instruct. Come to witness and to be counted, not to be taught how.
Suspension practitioner and long-time archive contributor. Runs the after-hours space with a vetted crew. Questions about access or the program go to the desk, not to the host directly.