My transparent birds invite you to contemplate the electricity that flows through their being. The visible electronics are all discrete hardware — analog electronic sound generators that vibrate to sing a song (refer to the video in this post). There are no recordings or software involved in the making of the song, only an oscillating electronic circuit. To quote @melissadelzio regarding Shipibo-Conibo philosophy, “Existence is essentially comprised of vibrations, encapsulating the connection between the energetic and material worlds and expressing the link between light and sound.”
spirit world
plug mask /
Plug Mask (in process), 2017. Cardboard, wood, and paint construction.
Making masks /
Making electronic shamanic masks (digital medicine), 2017. Work in-progress
spirit world: the chariot /
Left to right: Apollo's Chariot by Odilon Redon; 16th c. illustration of Petrarch's Triumph of Eternity; evening cape by Elsa Schiaparelli and House of Lesage; The Chariot from the Rider-Waite Tarot deck (artist Pamela Coleman Smith)
spirit world: robert monroe & obe /
Robert Monroe introduces OBE and Hemi-sync
inspiration: artist as shaman /
via Sarah Loy, thank you!
Alan Moore says "There is some confusion as to what magic actually is. I think this can be cleared up if you just look at the very earliest descriptions of magic. Magic in its earliest form is often referred to as "the art". I believe this is completely literal."