What will spirituality look like in 50 years? Can we create ‘technology for the soul’? What would that look like?
Moreover, what conversations will artists be having about spirituality in 50 years? As some issues are solved, will others appear? In 50 years, what questions and themes will artists be addressing in relation to spirituality?
I was asked these questions and more as part of a fascinating episode produced by Bloomberg Media on Art, Technology and Transcendence. These questions were addressed by leading contemporary artists and theorists who interweaved a vision of art which is intrinsically linked to the exploration and transformation of consciousness. Our understanding of consciousness is currently presented as a combined enterprise assisted by developments in technology, science and art.
I am delighted to share with you the episode on Art, Technology and Transcendence by Bloomberg Media. Dr Lila Moore and Prof Roy Ascott, iconic figure in Cybernetics, telematic and technoetic arts, join Tegan Bristow, Hsin-Chien Huang, Lin Wanshan and I.R. Bach for the final part of this episode focused on the intersection of art, technology and SPIRITUALITY to predict what the future might bring.
The full interview on the future of spirituality, art and technology will be shared with the students of the Alef Trust course entitled: The Shamanic Spirit in 21st Century Art, Culture and Technology, starting in February. This course has been updated with fresh researches and findings, as well as a new curated collection of captivating films and artworks.
There are no formal entry requirements to join this course. Come and study purely for personal interest and enrichment … and get the same level access as our postgraduate students who will be studying alongside you!
Dr Lila Moore holds a practice-based PhD in Dance on Screen from Middlesex University (2001), UK, in the context of experimental film, dance, modern and contemporary art, multimedia and cyber performance with special reference to myth, ritual, women’s spirituality and movement therapy through imaginal images and archetypes. The PhD was based on her M.Phil in film/video and dance (1997) and MA in Independent Film and Video (1989) from Central Saint Martins in London. Her Postdoc at the Planetary Collegium of Plymouth University (2015) entitled The Cybernetic Futures Institute, explored networked-digital-interactive forms of performance and narrative, fields of noetic and compassionate consciousness, and the innovative formulation and intersection of advanced technologies, spirituality and technoetic aesthetics to counteract the dominant narrative of violence. Dr Moore is a UK-certified Professional Life Coach and Counsellor practising Jungian, creative, embodied and technoetic holistic/transpersonal methodologies.
Lila Moore is a lecturer and dissertation supervisor at the Alef Trust. She teaches on the Transpersonal Psychology Module as well as the Option course Spirituality and the Imaginal as part of the Spiritual Psychology Module. She was a lecturer at the Department for the Study of Mysticism and Spirituality at Zefat Academic College until its closure (2013-2022) and received the Outstanding Lecturer Award in 2022 in recognition of her dedicated and excellent work.
Dr Moore co-chairs the Spirituality and the Arts Special Interest Group of the International Network for the Study of Spirituality. She is an editorial board member of both S/he – An International Journal of Goddess Studies and the Alef Trust’s Consciousness, Spirituality & Transpersonal Psychology journal. She regularly presents papers in academic conferences, produces academic writings, and serves as a reviewer for EVA London Conferences. As an international artist and theorist, Lila Moore’s artworks and theoretical texts are archived by SIGGRAPH and ADA-Archive of Digital Art. She exhibits in juried and curated exhibitions as well as curates online exhibitions via Cybernetic Futures.
For more information and updated contents visit her websites and subscribe to her newsletter: cyberneticinstitute.com Online exhibitions and films by Dr Lila Moore cyberneticfutures.comhttps://aleffield.org/my-profile/lila-moore
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