Digital Transcendence is an immersive multi sensorial experience that translates the overwhelming yet embedded relationship we have with accelerating mass visual consumption. A borderless and frightening phenomena we’ve somehow learned to accept and embrace, as an alternative to being paralyzed by its scale. The piece aims to induce a state of sensorial euphoria in a club-like environment, with a repetitive techno beat overlaid with Shepard’s tone. The latter is an auditive illusion of infinite ascension. It illustrates this lack of gratification we get as we’re endlessly scrolling through content, hoping for closure. With mass media content as a wallpaper, I’m exploiting it for a physical experience. Because of the primal need to move and intense sensorial stimulation, the piece will guide to physical as well as emotional release, wether it be during the experience or once out of the room. The goal is a reflection on each’s relationship with their social media and hyper-connectivity. This piece’s importance lies in its relevance as well as it’s common effect on people’s psyche. It explores the rising issues that come with the digital age of information, the former heightened by the Covid-19 pandemic and geopolitical tensions.
