MProjects HYPNAPOD by Unconscious Collective: Valentine’s Day sessions
2017-02-14 2017-02-14 Australia/Melbourne HYPNAPOD by Unconscious Collective: Valentine’s Day sessions MPavilion MPAVILION![Hypnapods in a trial run. Photo by Jason Jones](https://2016.mpavilion.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/hypnapod_CR_Jason-James.png)
That was quick! These sessions are now full. It’s not too late though, we have kept one HYPNAPOD aside for all daytime sessions to accomodate anyone who turns up without a booking. NB: drop-ins not possible for these Valentine’s evening sessions. These are extra-special and will be fully pre-booked. Drop by for a spontaneous sync to any of the regular sessions.
In case you’ve missed-out on your preferred booking time for MProjects—Hypnapod: Suspended cardiophonic snooze pods by the Unconscious Collective, or maybe Valentine’s Day has snuck-up on you a little too quickly, we have a special two-hour block of HYPNAPOD sessions available this Valentine’s Day. Bring your and your lover’s heartbeat together as one.
There are a couple of extras for these sessions, too. If you participate in these sessions you will have your photo taken and receive a digital version of you and yours unique heartbeat-sync recording. And, if all this heart fluttering makes you peckish, there will be a special Valentine’s Day menu available from the kiosk—perfect for a picnic.
HYPNAPOD is a live, experimental artwork generated by biofeedback from the heartbeats of relaxing – or snoozing – participants. It investigates the somatic connections between people through the phenomenon of entrainment.
You are invited to come to MPavilion and relax into a hanging HYPNAPOD – a suspended, knitted cocoon designed by Unconscious Collective in collaboration with Jenny Underwood at RMIT University’s School of Fashion & Textiles. The soft, hanging pods are equipped with sensors and speakers which amplify your heartbeat in real-time. Together the pods produce a unique soundscape, specific to you and the other pod-occupants at that moment, which evolves as your heartbeats go in and out of sync.
To attend this Valentine’s Day, book in a session for a maximum of four people at a time (in four pods) or drop by to check it out.
This event is made possible by the Hugh D T Williamson Foundation through funding for MPavilion’s series of events looking at design & science.
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.