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D-Void: Passage of Enlightenment |
Burning Man Festival 2011 |
interactive video installation |
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D-Void: Passage of Enlightenment is an interactive video passageway that, when activated, takes the participant through a series of animation and audio sequences that attempt to indoctrinate the subject into emptying their minds of beliefs and embrace the void, nothingness. |
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Presented with a strong sense of irony and humor, with swirling video feeds, animated text and sampled voices, the passageway surrounds the participant in a mesmerizing atmosphere, working its way from slow and abstract to faster and organized into a full dance beat, finishing with a set of step down phrases, bringing the participant back to reality. |
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After completing the session, the participant is given a momento pendant to wear, to display their adoption of the new belief system |
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D-Void Passage of Enlightenment |
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Participants are enticed to enter the passageway: |
Enter Deluded, Exit Illuminated |
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Inside the passageway, participants press a red button on a podium to start the sequence. Standing in front of the podium, they are surrounded by animated video images and sounds. |
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After completing the session, participants exit the passageway and are rewarded with D-Void "schwag": pendants they can wear to identify themselves as enlightened. |
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D-Void: Passage of Enlightenment was located on Esplanade and 8:45, as part of Kostume Kult's frontage, @ Burning Man Festival 2011 |
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