Exercises of Re-Enchantment – Connecting Devices, Beings and Bodies

What connects us in today’s digital world? In what ways can art, spirituality and digitality create meaning? Is it possible to use digital devices to engage with spiritual questions, nature, our bodies and other beings?

In this lecture-performance, Anja Gebauer Negri introduces the central questions of her research project Magic Medium. Grounded in empirical interviews with Singaporean artists and fieldwork, she proposes artistic and spiritual practices that offer critical, creative and innovative approaches to digitality.

After a short performative introduction, participants enter the magic circle and become part of a collaborative experience. Exercises of Re-Enchantment fosters intimate interactions with everyday digital media through an immersive, ceremonial and participatory format. These guided interactions also raise questions about the meaning of personal data, individual wishes and the mediation of the everyday world.

The work is made possible with the support of a fellowship as part of the DAAD Postdoctoral Program.

The lecture performance will be followed by a Q&A moderated by Assoc Prof Woo Yen Yen, Programme Leader of the MA Arts Pedagogy and Practice  programme at LASALLE College of the Arts.

Link and RSVP: https://www.lasalle.edu.sg/events/lecture-performance-exercises-of-re-enchantment-connecting-devices-beings-and-bodies/