Speculative & Critical

Computational Meditations

A live performance where the artist guides the audience through meditation using music computed in real-time — critiquing the modern mindfulness movement.

Client
Nøschool, Nevers, France
Year
2021
One of the performances
P5Live Creator and friend - Ted Davis, also participated in the performance
Post performance discussion

Computational Meditations is a performance where the artist guides the audience through a meditation routine using music that is computed in real-time by the artist. Certain elements of the meditation like breathing tempo and sonic tension are influenced by the generated audio.

The performance tries to create a relaxed feeling in the audience through an audio experiment and critiques the modern mindfulness movement. The performance is followed by a brief discussion on experience and ethics of mindfulness. Photos : Dasha Ilina