alexandra neuman
alexandra neuman
the collective womb
semen retention for a better tomorrow
radical becoming
in the ongoing now
mother-goddess-
creature-complex
alternative energy
an ecology of mind
the hole is way deeper
infosphere
virtual mirrors
monkey heads
dialogue
ova
in our time
earth/worm
alien
manhole
tampon
workshops
collage as divination
tarot play
bugs and machines
full moon blood party
[cv]
[bio]
PLANET WOMB (())
the collective womb
semen retention for a better tomorrow
radical becoming
in the ongoing now
mother-goddess-
creature-complex
alternative energy
an ecology of mind
the hole is way deeper
infosphere
virtual mirrors
monkey heads
dialogue
ova
in our time
earth/worm
alien
manhole
tampon
workshops
collage as divination
tarot play
bugs and machines full moon blood party
[cv]
[bio]
PLANET WOMB (())
An Ecology of Mind, video installation, Calit2 at UC San Diego (2019)
This installation is the compiled documentation of thirty-two individuals immersed inside of a hole in the ground as part of an investigation of the co-emergent relationship between body, mind, and world, and the recursive notion of matter thinking about matter thinking about matter. While the body is undergoing a hyper-sensory experience, the resulting image isolates a disembodied head or continually rendering consciousness. The structure in the center of the room is influenced by the Chomskyan concept of a universal grammar, a fractal structure inside the brain that predefines the grammatical rules of language. A muffled sound of compiled voices of participants and a DMT activation frequency emanate from the dirt mound inside the structure, while the larger space is filled with ambient nature sounds recorded at the site of the hole.
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