Artificial Eden: May 22 by School for the Contemporary Arts

Artificial Eden: May 22 by School for the Contemporary Arts

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Content Warning: Artificial Eden contains strobe lighting and touches upon themes of addiction and one’s mental state under isolation. What does the landscape of the mind look like in-between states of being? Artificial Eden was created and filmed on the unceded, traditional lands of the Squamish (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw), Tsleil-Waututh (səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ), and Musqueam (xʷməθkʷəy̓əm) Nations. This work was originally written as a hybrid performance piece to be presented live. Due to the pandemic, we followed COVID19 safety guidelines and had 32 hours to film, working across 4 different countries, including: Hong Kong; Johannesburg, South Africa; Karachi, Pakistan; and Vancouver, Canada. Inspired by Nasa’s HI-SEAS (Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation) Experiment, which was an Analog Habitat for Humans on Mars designed to simulate the effects of isolation and group dynamics; the documentary Dogville Confessions; 2001: A Space Odyssey by Stanley Kubrick; Solaris by Andre Tarkovsky; Paradis Artificial by Baudelaire; Charles Bukowski’s poems; the documentary Spaceship Earth about the Bisophere 2 experiment; and near death experiences and rebirth. We also kept in mind the alien forensic who might decipher the meaning of our existence, our continued concerns about the current state of the world, and our treatment of the environment. A full list of credits can be found here: https://www.sfu.ca/sca/events---news/events/artificial-eden.html

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