Lila Moore, PhD, Practice-Based Research

Selected Academic Publications

2020-2014

2020, 'Roy Ascott,' Religious and Spiritual Movements and the Visual Arts, (eds.),  Massimo, I. & Bromley G. D., World Religions and Spirituality Project, Virginia Commonwealth University: Richmond, Virginia, USA, Available on Open Access 

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2020-21, 'Roy Ascott,' Chinese publication, DeTao Masters Academy, Shanghai, China, forthcoming.

2019, 'Tombs and Reels of Consciousness: The Aesthetics that Interlinks Ancient Ritualistic Artefacts and Digital, Augmented and Virtual Reality,'  In Jon Weinel, Jonathan P. Bowen, Graham Diprose and Nick Lambert, Proceedings of EVA London 2019, Electronic Visualisation and the Arts,  BCS Lonon 8-12 July, ISBN 978-1-78017-522-5, pp.155-161,  Available on Open Access.

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2019, ‘From Cave to Screen: A Study of the Shamanic Origins of Filmmaking,’ Journal of Arts & Humanities, 08 (12), pp.1-10

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2019,  'Not Your Gandmother’s Bible – A Comparative Study of the Biblical Deluge Myth in Film,' Religions, MPDI AG: Basel, Switzerland, Vol. 10, no.10, 542, Open Access, published on September 11th, 2019, 17 pp. (co-authored with M. Ruah-Midbar,Shapiro)

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2018, 'Humanity's Second Chance: Darren Aronofsky's Noah (2014) as an Environmental Cinematic Midrash'. Journal of Religion and Film, University of Nebraska, Omaha, Vol. 22, no.1pp. Open Access, published March 13th, 2018, 39 pp.

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2018, 'The Shaman of Cybernetic Futures: Art, Ritual and Transcendence in Fields of the Networked Mind', Cybernetics & Human Knowing A Journal of Second Order Cybernetics, Autopoiesis & Cybersemiotics (CHK Imprint Academic) A Tribute to the Messenger Shaman: Roy Ascott, Vol. 25, nos 2-3, pp.  119–141

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2018, 'The Transcendent Double Selfie App', In Dalila Honorato and Andreas Giannakoulopoulos (eds.) Taboo-Transgression-Transcendence in Art & Science 2017 Conference Proceedings, Corfu: Ionian University - Department of Audio & Visual Arts, ISBN 978-960-7260-60-4. pp. 229-236

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2017, 'Techno-Spiritual Horizons: Compassionate Networked Art

Forms and Noetic Fields of Cyborg Body and Consciousness', Technoetic

Arts: A Journal of Speculative Research, 15:3, pp. 325–39

2015, 'Fields of Networked Mind: Ritual Consciousness and the Factor of Communitas in Networked Rites of Compassion’, Technoetic Arts: A Journal of Speculative Research, 13: 3, pp. 331–339

2014, 'Water e-Motion: Transformative Views,' In 3WDS14 Waterwheel Symposium Proceedings, (ed.) Suzon Fuks, Igneous Incorporated, Australia, 2014, pp. 121-129

2014, 'Performance,' In 3WDS14 Waterwheel Symposium Proceedings, e-book, (Ed.) Suzon Fuks, Igneous Incorporated, Australia, pp.441

2014, 'Activism, Art and Science,' In 3WDS14 Waterwheel Symposium Proceedings, e-book, (ed.) Suzon Fuks, Igneous Incorporated, Australia, 2014, p.90

2014, 'Little Streams Make Big Rivers,' Co-writer, In 3WDS14 Waterwheel Symposium Proceedings, e-book, (ed.) Suzon Fuks, Igneous Incorporated, Australia, pp. 18-26

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2012-2001

2012, 'Dance on Screen', Academic Educational Resource, (e-book and DVD), Australia, UK: Contemporary Arts Media (40.000 words)

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2001, PhD Thesis Dance on Screen

Practice-based PhD, including original dance film, Gaia- Mysterious Rhythms, 20 minutes 
Middlesex University, 2001
Director of Studies: Prof. Roy Armes (Film)
Supervisors: Prof. Stephanie Jordan, Prof. Christopher Bannerman (Dance)
External examiners: Malcolm La Grice, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London, Rodney Wilson, BBC executive producer for Dance for the Camera

Conference Papers, Presentations & Posters

2020- The Resurgence of the Spiritual in Art: Spiritual and Occult Aesthetics in 21st Century Technological and Cultural Context, Spirituality in Research, Professional Practice and Education Conference, British Association for the Study of Spirituality, York St John University, UK

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2019- 'Tombs and Reels of Consciousness: The Aesthetics that Interlinks Ancient Ritualistic Artefacts and Digital, Augmented and Virtual Reality,' Electronic Visualisation and the Arts,  EVA, London 

2019-'The Emergent Contemporary Movement of Spiritual Cinema and Media: Explorations in Mind/Body Alternations' (with Dr Marianna Ruah-Midbar Shapiro),ESSWE7 - 7th Biannual Conference of the European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism (University of Amsterdam, 2-4 July 2019) Western Esotericism and Consciousness: Visions, Voices, Altered States

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2018- 'Technoetic Aesthetics of Revelation and Transcendence - The Horse in the Mind', Apocalypse in Art: The Creative Unveiling, CenSAMM Symposia Series, Centre for the Critical Study of Apocalyptic and Millenarian Movements, Panacea Charitable Trust, Bedford, UK

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2018- 'Cyborgs and Shamans in Fields of Compassion: Networked Filmic and Ritualistic Art, The 9th Israeli Conference for the Study of Contemporary Spiritualities, Haifa University

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2017- 'Rituals in Transfigured and Augmented Spacetime: Formulations of Maya Deren's 'Ritualistic Form' in Cyberperformance and Networked Rites,' Maya Deren 100/Unstable Equilibrium, Neuer Kunstverein, Wuppertal, Germany

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2017- 'The Transcendent Double Selfie App', Taboo-Transgression-Transcendence in Art and Science Conference, Ionian University, Corfu, Greece (Poster included)

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2017- 'The Film Noah (2014) as an Intersection between Alternative Spiritualities and Popular Culture,' Co-presented with Dr Marianna Ruah-Midbar, The 2017 CESNUR Conference, Holy Lands and Sacred Histories in New Religious Movements, The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, Israel

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2016- 'Techno-Spiritual Horizons: Compassionate Networked Art Forms and Noetic Fields of Cyborg Body and Consciousness,' Consciousness Reframed, The 19th International Research Conference in The Planetary Collegium’s Series, DeTao Masters Academy, Shanghai, China

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2016- 'Networked and Compassionate Eco-Noetic Environments: Art, Technology Design and Education Beyond Utopia,' The World in 2050 Nearly Carbon Neutral Conference, University of California, Santa Barbara

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2016- Curator in Water Works! a curated online exhibition and forum, Waterwheel Platform

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2015- 'Fields of Networked Mind: Ritual Consciousness and the Factor of Communitas in Networked Rites of Compassion', The Undivided Mind, Planetary Collegium Symposium, Plymouth University, UK

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2015 - Waterwheel e-book Launch, Guest author presentation, Waterwheel Interactive Platform

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2015- 'Networked Sun-Rites - Aesthetics, Cybernetics and Spirituality', The Israeli Conference for Contemporary Religion and Spirituality, Tel-Aviv University

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2014 -'Water e-Motion: Transformative Views', 3WDS14 Waterwheel Symposium, Waterwheel Interactive Platform, Australia

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2013- 'The Web of Immortality: The Experience of Eternal Life and Unity through Watching Films on Mobile Screens and Phones', The Israeli Society for Philosophy and History of Science, Bloomfield Science Museum, Jerusalem

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2012- 'Shifting Landscape, Body & Soul: Immersive Cinema as a Locale Utilised for Healing and Transformation', The 4th Israeli Conference for the Study of Contemporary Spiritualities, Haifa University

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2011-'The Spiritual Dimension of Screen Consciousness: Choreography in the Field of Dream, Reality and Eternal Life,' The 3rd Israeli Conference for the Study of Contemporary Spiritualities, Haifa University

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2010- 'Imagery of the Invisible: The Language and Experience of the Spiritual in Film', The 2nd Israeli Conference for the Study of Contemporary Spiritualities, Haifa University

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2009- 'The Screen as Sacred Site: Research of Spiritual Experience in Film and the Characteristics of Spiritual Cinema', The 1st Israeli Conference for the Study of Contemporary Spiritualities, Haifa University

2020-2009

Curated, Peer-Reviewed, Juried Exhibitions, Screenings & Film Festivals 

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2020-1999