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Darshan Moment
A participant asks a question within a projection environment; the answer unfolds as an audiovisual composition. A collective finale is conceived as a graph connecting participants.
How does a ritual of questioning and contemplation change when a person encounters artificial intelligence?
A laboratory prototype of an encounter with a multi-armed AI figure answering a participant’s question through sound, gesture and imagery.
About the work
- Internal laboratory prototype
- Festival version: modular sculpture
- Public presentation scenario in development
Inside the work
Encounter and question
Darshan becomes an artistic frame for encountering an ideal or an absolute. A multi-armed figure emerges from a wall; gestures and projection mapping form its body. A participant asks a personal question, receiving sound, gesture and imagery in response.
Archived scenario
The scenario describes six places, biometric wristbands, preparation, contemplation, individual questions and a collective finale. TouchDesigner connects generative models with the visual system. The approximately 12-minute cycle, a footprint from 5 × 5.5 m and blackout are archived design parameters, not an agreed rider.
Laboratory and festival project
The interaction scenario was developed in an internal laboratory at Ashram Studio in Moscow. A festival version proposes a portable modular sculpture with an aluminium frame and printed segments. Applications were prepared for Play Digital Art, NUR, Intervals and Ars Electronica.
Recordings and publications
Presentation recordings, interviews and publications about the work.
Work materials
Archive documents
An archival description of the concept, participation, equipment and venue for the 2025 application.
The proposed configuration dated 20 February 2025: space, projection, structure and connections.
Presentation and adaptation arrangements are discussed with the studio.
Who makes the work
ODA.dream
Artistic concept and authorial development
Working with the project
The work is in development. Its next stage and possible participation are scoped for the task.