‹ Inward <-> outward contemplation chamber (2018-2019) › ​

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Conceptually-led Performance | Experiential Experimental Research | EEG (Brainwave Detect Device) | Arduino

@ Picadilly Circus / Regent Canal / Royal College of Art / Korean Cultural Centre, London, UK

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Special Help   Kumi Oda  |  Daniel Matczak  |   Bohan Sun  |   Teddy Choi  |   Sunghoon Lee

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Spatially Embedded Interventions: Piccadilly Circus, Regent Canal, and the Korean Cultural Centre UK Open Call exhibition opening. An intervention exploring therapeutic states through EEG based brainwave detection and a breathing machine, operating across a liminal personal threshold. The project extends an ongoing investigation into eccentric me time, using breathing to reduce sensory input and guide the body toward a calmer inner state.

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In a digitised, fast paced culture, accelerated technological development exerts neural, physiological, and emotional pressure, often surfacing as sensory overload as adaptation lags behind innovation. This persistent imbalance keeps the sympathetic nervous system heightened, underscoring the need for intentional conditions in which sensory load can subside. Paradoxically, technology also becomes a means to counteract what it amplifies, revealing an inseparable tension between technological acceleration and human well being.

 

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Movement from outward toward inward-outward perception and thought.

Movement from emotional repression toward emotional expression.

Movement from conformity toward deep action and deep interaction.​—

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Bernard S Phillips, David Christner, Saving Society: Breaking Out of Our Bureaucratic Way of Life