The Turtle
a conceptual project about lucid dreams and their reproduction inside the belly of a mechanical turtle.
the book of dreams consisting out of:
- poems
- diary entrys by scientists, dreamers and myself
- scientific essays about the dream, brainwaves and their manipulation
- technical details of the machine, especially of the heart that works as a mindmachine
- information about the dreammachine
The dreamachine (or dream machine) is a stroboscopic flicker device that produces visual stimuli. Artist Brion Gysin and William S. Burroughs's "systems adviser" Ian Sommerville created the otiginal dreamachine after reading William Grey Walter's book, The Living Brain. This was the point where my recall began...
the short version_
I designed a machine that would change the perception of the people that enter it through acustic and visual stimulation inside the belly. Lights that flicker in a specific frequenzy. The process applied by the machines is also known as brainwave synchronisation or entrainment. It should induce deep states of relaxation, concentration, and in some cases altered states of consciousness, which have been compared to those obtained from meditation and shamanic exploration...
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