Idea for an art and research project

[Carl-Richard]

Art project

Filming a person meditating seated and silently with extreme close-ups and pristine HD quality. Make it into a short film that is trying to capture the extreme levels of stillness and calm that are possible in deep, seated, silent meditation.

Multiple cameras are set up in multiple places, every shot is preset and ready to film all at once, no other people in the room, no movement of equipment, no camera zooms.

The film is edited in a quiet and etheric cinematic style. Styles that come to mind is morning routine scene in American Psycho, and shampoo and cosmetics commericals. These are merely analogous, I have a vision of the style, and it's something entirely of its own if executed properly.

The film can serve as an inspiration for what is possible during meditation, and if executed properly, could popularize not just meditation as a practice but the kinds of deep meditation that are associated with deep transformation.

 

Research project

Filming a person meditating seated and silently with extreme close-ups and pristine HD quality, but with focus on capturing any subtle movements or phenomena that the meditator would report as movements of energy. Physical measurement instruments like body temperature cameras and perhaps microscope technology can also be used.

The aim is to provide insight into subtle energy phenomena often experienced during meditation, e.g. feelings of pressure and tension building up and releasing in the face, neck, forehead, etc. It would involve correlating footage and timestamps with the meditator giving retrospective accounts of the experiences.

The findings can uncover potential subtle physical mechanisms of these phenomena or support the hypothesis that these are non-physical phenomena (not capturable by physical measurement).


If anyone is interested in trying any of this out (especially the art project), I'm open to give advice so that it meets the vision I have mind. I think if especially the art project is given a serious attempt (which I might do some time, I have a friend who is a photographer) and perhaps some financial investment, you could create something unique, beautiful and powerful.

Edited Tuesday at 06:46 PM by Carl-Richard

[Nilsi]

I’ve been really into performance art lately, and this resonates with me. Many artists explore presence and stillness, but not in such a precise, scientific-spiritual way.

Marina Abramović did something similar at MoMA, where she sat still all day, making eye contact with visitors:

I might be open to funding a project like this down the line - if you're truly serious about it. However, it would require significant legal structuring, a strong commitment, and ideally, institutional backing on your end to make it worth considering.

[Carl-Richard]

44 minutes ago, Nilsi said:

I’ve been really into performance art lately, and this resonates with me. Many artists explore presence and stillness, but not in such a precise, scientific-spiritual way.

Marina Abramović did something similar at MoMA, where she sat still all day, making eye contact with visitors:

I might be open to funding a project like this down the line - if you're truly serious about it. However, it would require significant legal structuring, a strong commitment, and ideally, institutional backing on your end to make it worth considering.

Yes, I could imagine really going in for it and treating it like a high-end project, getting real professionals onboard. And that's really the effort and investment it would take to properly execute the vision I have in mind.

Damn when I think about it, my dad is actually a professional photographer as well; he used to film for national television 🤔

Edited Tuesday at 06:59 PM by Carl-Richard