The school of technological spiritism studies the phenomenon of the immaterial presence of the living. This immersive study opens perception through internal choreographies and virtual proxemic spells that facilitate the impossible. Our school of thought is based on the idea that art is a technology of enchantment that creates realities and reorganizes what is possible, in such a way that the imagined approaches the lived, the unknown the familiar, and the intuited certainty.

When the relationship with technology is not utilitarian but affective and magical, we can use it as a medium that gives us access to what lies beyond the rational, to what is imperceptible at first glance and yet, present. From this perspective, technological ritual is an ally for expanding and deepening our humanity, our relationship with mystery and silence. This allows us to understand our presence in other ways and intuit connections in multiple dimensions.

The student of technological spiritualism allows their devices to be inhabited by energies and understands that the spiritual doesn’t always have to be religious, the technological doesn’t always have to be inhuman, and the poetic isn’t always extraordinary.

Directed by: Cristina Maldonado*
Sound Design: Andrés Silva Díaz
Programming: Holger Heissmeyer
Website: Anthony Tsang
Camera Operator: Michael Lozano
Photography: Daniel Pizamiglio
Text Assistance and Editing: Marian Mancilla
Audiovisual Assistance: Arden Tan, Isa Juchniewicz, Ilva Ieva, Bethany Lacktorin

We thank all the participants who responded and shared their recipes for making themselves present.

*National System of Art Creators

Project commissioned by Danza UNAM and carried out with the support of the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA)

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