The Dreamachine is a hallucinogenic trip into our own minds
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- čas přidán 8. 07. 2024
- The Dreamachine is a mind-bending light and sound extravaganza designed to be experienced with your eyes closed. Currently installed in Woolwich, London, the high-sensory experience invites members of the public into the Dreamachine, where kaleidoscopic visual hallucinations are generated by flashing lights and an immersive 360-degree soundscape.
Inspired by a transcendental experience at a gig by the project’s composer, Jon Hopkins, director Jennifer Crook brought Hopkins together with neuroscientists and philosophers to create the unique experience that will also collect participant data to help scientists reveal the inner workings of our minds.
New Scientist took a ride in the machine and spoke to the creative team behind the project, including consciousness researcher Anil Seth. “We all have different experiences of the shared world [and] the Dreamachine brings those differences to light in a beautiful and creative way,” says Seth. “Understanding these differences can be a catalyst, I think, for better communication between people.”
Now open in London, the Dreamachine will then travel to other UK cities, being in Cardiff from 12 May, Belfast from 25 July and Edinburgh from 13 August.
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I did this today, in Cardiff. I'm a theatre graduate, so I'm no stranger to intense immersive theatre experiences. At no point was my brain convinced it was 'somewhere else'. I didn't feel like I was 'flying' or 'sinking' or 'travelling through time'. I just saw this as a very extreme delve into how the brain learns and how our brains are constantly absorbing and translating light.
You know that trick where you stare at a group of black shapes for 30 seconds and then, when you turn and look at the wall, you see the face of Jesus? Well, I think this is more or less the same process in the brain, just on a larger and more extreme scale.
It was intriguing.
I had no ill effects, but this certainly isn't one for the epileptics! 😵💫
The lack of information is staggering. What is it what is it doing and what's the scientific basis?
Hey. Is there anywhere Jon has the actual soundtrack available?
There's more background on this story here - www.newscientist.com/article/mg25333790-400-dreamachine-preview-a-drug-free-hallucinogenic-trip/
I have my session in Cardiff tomorrow at The Temple of Peace!
How'd it go? Mine's booked for next month.
@@ameliagreg6566 I really enjoyed it! Hope you do too!
One time I was trippin on too much acid and I was staring at a fire pit and the fire pit turned into a mini world with little people and buildings, would love to trip on DMT or magic mushrooms next, just don't where to get them, so hard to come by
once I took shrooms on accident they were in a chocolate bar and my fat a** thought it was regular choclate😂😂😂
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@@userconspiracynut is he on IG or what?
Not done dmt before but when i tried shrooms i ate way more than i should of because i thought they wouldn’t work and then my face got numb and i threw up shrooms and my friend was laughing but trying to comfort me and the bathroom lights were flickering cuz they were old and i had to go home
@@ugmiles. yeah, He has variety of stuffs like mushrooms, lsd, DMT even the chocolate bars
😊👏
how many hundreds of dollars do I have to pay to do this? I could easily do this for free lol
It is free
I wish I didn't live in New Zealand I wanna go
The brain produces photons ,quantum entangled photons,we are not water we are light?
It sounds a lot like people who know nothing about science or biology trying to impress people who know even less. I'm not saying that's true. I'm saying they're horribly unaware of how they sound.
They sound perfectly fine, I have no idea what this comment is trying to deduce about the video. The video is simply trying to display a new experimental technology.
@@PearFinch A hunter's bird call sounds perfectly fine to a duck.
@@johngerity So what does that even mean? Are you saying I don’t get these “dark illusory themes” you seem to suggest exist, or are you saying I’m oblivious? But then, oblivious to what? It’s plain and simple, blunt as day. I see no messaging here. It’s called scientific journalism. They won’t just line out the whole experiment in a big documentary for two hours. It’s a 5 minute video.
This concept was brought about by William S Burroughs, a well dodgy figure, I would avoid at all costs.
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This is so so stupid. People that do this are a complete waste of space and resources in this earth
Whoa why are you so aggressive towards these lads. Chill out kid