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Sounds of Synthesis is an audio-visual installation envisioned as a sanctuary of transhumanist thought through a cinematic meditation. The narrative presents the story of She longing for her chance to join the digital afterlife. Throughout the mediation, She will finally transcend from images in front of us to the light and sound all around us. The project is based on the canonical verses of the Songs of Solomon, apparent in all Abrahamic religions, but here interpreted anew, tempting us to envision the space between the digital and divine. The installation utilizes found footage of sci-fi, cyberpunk, esoteric and faith-based media, to examine western society’s obsession with truth and knowing.

This project’s utilization of religious themes is not meant to be a bastardization of religion itself, but an examination of how society has moved from the inherent trust of faith into the control of creation. The desire for oneness and the commercialization of this idea in mass media allow space for us to meditate on the fulfillment, love and eroticism of said oneness.

Through out our program and thesis research, I began to think about our (human societies) relationship with technology. I developed an understanding that we inherently believe in technology, and look to it as an all being power without caring to think about how it came to be or what societal impacts it could possibly possess. The narrative we have created sits besides another, opposing narrative: that of religious thought. My generation tends to disbelieve in unprovable religious doctrine. I’m not sure I believe in either one, but I do see the parallels in them: faith in the all being, the opportunites for oppression and the hope of a better life. I wanted to explore and demonstrate these themes, developing a character within this story who is willing to give up everything to become as close as she can to technology; to synthesize and transcend into a new realm.