NOÖSPHERE

In October 2017 an experiment was conducted. At the Bergen Kringkaster on Askøy, two persons' brain waves were sonified using psychotronic EEG technology. These signals were transmitted via amateur radio, bouncing off the different layers of the ionosphere, brushing up against cosmic particles, and exiting the atmosphere into space.

An outdoor radio station in the Svartediket Valley was set up to coordinate and record the process. Radio noise contains the entire history of our universe. In the vacuum of space, radio waves travel infinitely at the speed of light, and are emitted along with visible light from stars throughout their life cycle. Buried under our own Earthly signals, in the static, are the radio emissions of distant, ancient stars. When our transmissions slip through thei onosphere, they radiate outwards at the speed of light, inscribing our own history into space-time.

Objects and the materials that comprise them recede away from our perception, existing on time-scales much larger than our own. Borax is the salt crystal of the element Boron, created by the impact of cosmic rays with our upper atmosphere. Memory foam was invented by NASA for space travel.  Copper iswarm, soft, and very conductive, supernova'd to us from across the galaxy. 

We make predictions, but the results are infinitely variable, continuously expanding.

NOÖSPHERE, a new installation by Erin Sexton, blurs the boundaries between bodies, minds, matter, and energy. Copper, crystal, foam, and other materials meet the sonification of brainwaves and their transmission via amateur radio. These signals are heard bouncing off the ionosphere, brushing up against cosmic particles, and exiting the atmosphere into space. NOÖSPHERE is a collaboration with Bergen Kringkaster, neuroscientists, conspiracy theorists and artists, which will also manifest as a publication and conference next spring.

Curated by Julie Lillelien Porter and produced by Lydgalleriet.