V.A.L.I.S - VAST ACTIVE LIVING INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM

by Sheikh Tanim Ahmed

The project seeks to look at our human interaction beyond the physical realm. Following in the footsteps of Constant Niewenhuys and the Haus Rucker Co. movement - the idea is to offer humans a solution to the problems we face environmentally, politically and economically. The project creates a possibility for humans to exist in the digital realm. The idea being that our bodies are only physical interfaces. The project explores the idea of humans being transferred into the digital realm after experiencing psychedelic visions guiding them to the VALIS Chapel in Mile End. Once the information of the brain is transferred, the remainder of the body is frozen in time by encapsulating it in regolith. The project combines a psychedelic therapy centre, a chapel and a sculptural workshop - using drugs and collective meditation techniques to create out of body experiences expressed in the book ‘Valis’ by Phillip K. Dick.