Talks
The part nobody expects: a lecture programme running alongside the dancefloors on mycology, consciousness, sacred geometry, cyberdelic technology, regeneration, and the anthropology of festivals themselves. Whether or not you buy the ideas, publishing them is a statement about what the weekend is for.
Part of MoDem Festival
10 moments in this segment.
- - Jukka-Pekka Heikkila on transformative festivals. Dr. Jukka-Pekka Heikkila, described as a scholar, activist and founder of Burning Stories, speaks on the Spirallabs stage about how participatory festivals reshape people, communities and culture. The talk is billed as a Mo:Dem and Spirallabs collaboration and runs about an hour.
- - David Glowacki on virtual reality and dying. Scientist and artist David Glowacki speaks about a virtual reality experience modelled on near-death and self-transcendent states. The description places the work at the 2024 edition and credits a collaboration between the festival and Spirallabs. Published by the official channel.
- - Behind the scenes with collective xXETEXx. A Spirallabs lecture in which the Berlin psychedelic collective xXETEXx discuss the ideas, workflow and realisation behind their work. Posted by the festival's official channel, which places the talk at Spirallabs during MoDem Festival 2024.
- - Melissa Warner on technology and the psyche. A lecture from the festival's spoken programme, presented with Spirallabs, in which Melissa Warner discusses how technology might be used to heal, grow and expand consciousness. The description places the talk at MoDem 2024.
- - Carl Hayden Smith on hyperhuman technologies. A full lecture from the festival's spoken programme, presented as Mo:Dem X Spirallabs and described as taking place at Mo:Dem 2024. Carl Hayden Smith, introduced as an associate professor at the University of East London and a founder of the Museum of Consciousness, speaks on techniques and technologies for regeneration. Around eighty minutes.
- - Running a label with Beardy of Wildthings Records. A Running a label session at Spirallabs, with Beardy of Wildthings Records in conversation. Posted by the festival's own channel, which places the talk at Mo:Dem 2024. Part of the festival's spoken cultural programme rather than its music stages.
- - Cyberdelic Society showcase talk at Spirallabs. A lecture at Spirallabs presented by Cyberdelic Society, described as a showcase of VR, MR and multisensory work built around immersive tech and visionary design. Uploaded by the festival's own channel and situated at the 2024 edition.
- - Heike Bielek on geometry of the universe. A lecture by Dr. Heike Bielek presented at Mo:Dem 2024 as part of the Mo:Dem X Spirallabs programme. She sets out a geometric theory of the universe, from atomic fabric to large-scale structure, framed through sacred geometry. Posted by the festival's official channel.
- - Jashid Hameed lectures on functional mushrooms. A lecture by Jashid Hameed on functional and medicinal mushrooms, presented as part of the festival's spoken programme. The talk combines traditional uses of medicinal fungi with contemporary scientific research on their effects. Posted by the festival's official channel and running roughly thirty-five minutes.
- - Caz Coronel on sacred architecture and perception. A long-form workshop posted by the festival's official channel in which Caz Coronel presents The Neural Temple, an exploration of the relationship between sacred architecture, sensory design and human perception. The session treats space, light and sound as tools for transformation. Runs close to an hour.
