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Superradiance | Chapter 1: Embodied Simulation (2024)
Chapter 1 – Embodied Simulation meditates on the idea of the ‘body’ and the ‘self’ as a transient assembly of cells, micro-organisms, and cosmic matter, temporarily organized to give rise to what we perceive as a body and a self. Framing dance as an ancient biotechnology—a primal, unifying act that connects individuals to each other and to the living world—the piece leverages the cognitive phenomena of embodied simulation to reflect on bodies as sites of exchange and transformation, and embrace the paradox of feeling like an individual, intelligent being, while being composed of trillions of other living, intelligent beings.
Here is Chapter 1, adapted to three screen presentation. Duration ~4 minutes.
Superradiance | Chapter 2: Embodying Earth (2024)
While Chapter 1 looks inwards, and reflects on the body and the self as an assemblage composed of trillions of intelligent, living beings; Chapter 2 ventures outwards, beyond the skin, extending the body into the living environment, contemplating the whole planet as a living organism, brought into being through the intricate interplay between trillions of interdependent living organisms, of which we are part. Delving into the rich symbiotic webs of our living planet, ‘Embodying Earth’ journeys beneath the surface, where life metabolizes rock into soil. And then stands up into forests, rivers into the sky, before falling back to the earth as rain, into the ocean, into reefs, deserts, and back into the air, and back into the earth. The chapter weaves together the dynamic exchange between land, water, and sky, highlighting the transformative dance between geological and biological forces, as life both emerges from and reshapes the planet, and how ancient life continues to nourish the present, just as we will nourish the future.
Here is Chapter 2, adapted to single screen presentation. Duration ~8 minutes.