TECHNO ENTHEOGEN

Techno Entheogen (2015) is a techno acoustic shamanic installation, which mixes sounds, vibrations, frequencies, aromas, textures and geometries in response to different beliefs, cultures and habitats of a vibrant Brazilian identity.

The artist defines Techno Entheogen as a ‘shamanic’ ritual from which the vibration and the sounds of the contemporary world expose the invisible. In this case the use of plants is not used for altering the state of consciousness as for the shamanic ritual but to create awareness of reality.

Thirty-two different size woofers hanging from a five meters ceiling – filled with herb and seeds - are mirroring the Amazonia Forest surrounded by plants and roots that in this case are transformed into speakers as natural containers and electrical cords as channels for individual sounds.

The organic matter is arranged following the shamanic belief of connectiveness to the Earth that consists in orienting the human body to the four cardinal points and to the native plant’s medicine wheel.

The sound is a mix of the urban and Amazonia where the magic and the religious rituals coexists together within different cultures (branco, Indio, negro) mixed with frequencies that make vibrate spices and aromas into a universal cacophony.