Dit artikel in
DJ Broadcast,
'Higher States: What is the meditative nightclub?', verbaasde me enigszins:
Working in collaboration with creative technology company rehabstudio
(rehabstudio.com), Chavez’s aim was to ‘create a highly conceptual
interpretation of a futuristic nightclub that comes alive through the
phenomenon of biofeedback,’ and so wearing EEG headsets, she guides
guests through a meditation session in which their cerebral activity is
translated into a mesmerising audio-visual display. She explains, ‘the
headset reads brainwaves and, via bluetooth, transmits a custom-coded
signal to the audio-visual system. Since the signal’s frequency and
strength mirrors the participant’s brainwave activity, the intensity and
register of the colour and sound emitted by the system varies as well.
As a result, each audio-visual ‘set’ is unique to the person wearing the
headset.’ So through considered contemplation and calm focus, one
person is able to transform the experience of everyone else, or as Tim
Rodgers of rehabstudio puts it, ‘control the club with their minds’.
Al was het omdat ik in de
De Toekomst Hervonden in deze richting speculeer wanneer ik probeer na te denken over een alternatief voor het rigide ritueel van de club en het dansfeest. Het bovenstaande voorbeeld is wel erg mid-jaren '90 new age-stijl. Wat niet uitmaakt, elke poging is toe te juichen. Ik dacht zelf alleen meer in de richting van een alternatief op de openingsscène van
A Clockwork Orange.
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