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The 9th Altar
By Lila Moore
November 2024 - 2025
Artist Statement
The 9th Altar: Immersive Installation and art film
The Serpentine Field Collection is inspired by the annual pilgrimage of the Holy Snakes of Mary in Kefalonia and the ancient Mycenaean serpent cult. This digital and filmic artwork serves as a divination rite, perceiving human and non-human participants as a collective consciousness within a cosmic DNA dance of evolution and emergence.
The snakes—believed to bring healing when worn like bracelets—are said to vanish during times of war and ecological disaster, acting as oracles, sending warnings from deep nature to human culture.
The 9th Altar in the Serpentine Field, a 9-minute art film, was premiered at an art film screening curated by Conjuring Creativity at Treadwell’s Bookshop in Bloomsbury, London, on May 18.
Synopsis
The 9th Altar is a site of transformation, where elemental forces and serpentine life forms evolve eyes and consciousness. Silently, a woman passes by and kneels with jars of offerings, appearing from nowhere and vanishing like mist—a serpent embracing a stone in a timeless gesture.
The 9th Altar
TOMB OF PERNEB - 2019
PERNEB'S WORMHOLE- 2024 - 2025
incorporating AI & AR
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The concept behind Perneb's Wormhole Collection and Immersive Installation is explored in Lila Moore’s article, Technoetic Magick: Explorations of the Uncanny Double as a Noetic and Magickal System through the Complementary Lenses of AI Image-Generation and AR. This paper was first presented at EVA London in July 2024. The collection is currently being further developed using emerging technologies, expanding its immersive and technoetic dimensions.
Moore, Lila (2024). Technoetic magick: Explorations of the uncanny double as a noetic and magickal system through the complementary lenses of AI image-generation and AR. BCS Learning and Development Ltd. Proceedings of EVA London. https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.14236/ewic/EVA2024.42
The Perneb project & collection is based on the following theoretical and aesthetic concepts:
Moore, L. (2019). Tombs and Reels of Consciousness: The aesthetics that interlink ancient ritualistic artefacts and digital, augmented and virtual reality. In Weinel, J., Bowen, P, J., Diprose, G., Lambert, N. (Eds.), Proceedings of EVA London 2019, (pp.155-161). ISBN 978-1-78017- 522-5.doi: 10.14236/ewic/EVA2019.30
REVIEWS
FIRST REVIEW
Dr. Lila Moore's paper presents a deeply philosophical and innovative approach to understanding the intersections of technology, art, and the metaphysical. Moore's exploration is grounded in a rich historical and theoretical context, drawing from Freud's concept of the uncanny double, the spiritual and occult traditions in art, and contemporary technoetic practices. The paper delves into how AI and AR technologies can be employed to investigate and evolve the concept of the uncanny and magickal double, offering a fresh perspective on the role of technology in expanding the boundaries of artistic expression and spiritual exploration.
The strength of the paper lies in its ability to weave together a diverse array of disciplines—ranging from psychoanalysis and art history to digital media and spiritual practice—into a coherent narrative that challenges conventional perceptions of technology and its potential for creative and spiritual inquiry. Moore's use of AI image generation and AR as tools to explore the metaphysical aspects of the double introduces a novel methodological approach that blurs the lines between the material and the immaterial, the real and the imagined.
Moreover, the paper's philosophical underpinnings provide a robust theoretical framework that elevates the discussion beyond mere technological innovation to address deeper questions about consciousness, identity, and the nature of reality. Given the paper's originality, interdisciplinary breadth, and the author's compelling integration of theory and practice, a score of 3 (strong accept) is well-deserved.
SECOND REVIEW
A highly relevant, and well-researched paper that introduces the fascinating concept of the double, both from an art historic, theoretical and conceptual perspective, as well as from a contemporary lense through the practice of AI image generation. The paper is well written, images and annotations are highly relevant, and the topic could not be of more interest to the EVA London audience.
A strong accept for a brilliant submision.
Moore, L. 2024. Technoetic Magick: Explorations of the Uncanny Double as a Noetic and Magickal System through the Complementary Lenses of AI Image-Generation and AR. Proceedings of EVA London 2024, Electronic Visualisation and the Arts. Electronic Workshops in Computing, pp. 232-239.
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FREUD'S UNCANNY DOUBLES
FREUD'S UNCANNY DOUBLES
New Collection in Progress 2024-2025
Freud's Manifested Doubles - Edited generated images based on Max Halberstadt's photographs of Freud.
Work in Progress
Freud's Uncanny Doubles Collection and Immersive Installation
The concept behind Freud's Uncanny Doubles Collection and immersive installation is explored in Lila Moore’s article, Technoetic Magick: Explorations of the Uncanny Double as a Noetic and Magickal System through the Complementary Lenses of AI Image-Generation and AR. This paper was first presented at EVA London in July 2024.
The article is available via [Science Open – link].
The collection is currently being further developed using emerging technologies, expanding its immersive and technoetic dimensions.
Presentation and Paper by Lila Moore
EVA London, July 2024