approx. 25 minutes
The Sick Sense, Part 2 is an audio-visual system comprising banks of sine waves, each of which corresponds to a grid displayed on the screen. Various parameters of the sine wave, such as pitch, amplitude, and harmonicity control the size, position, and color of the grid. As the sine waves evolve through different structural patterns, the grids phase and overlap in patterns that push the perceptual system to its limits.
Synopsis:Wherein, while seeking the annihilation of the self at the boundaries of the perceptual system through a mechanism comprising grid patterns controlled by banks of sine waves, we discover otoacoustic and flicker phenomena—auditory and visual hallucinations which deactivate the brain's default mode network (DMN), resulting in the ecstatic euphoria usually reserved for the beatific.