Interrupting the Ordinary
Contemplative duo; artist Jesse Fleming and social scientist Eve Ekman invited participants at the Sense Making Symposium into a collective, embodied exploration in and surrounding UVA’s Contemplative Science Center. This 30-minute spatial audio journey re-orients us outside habitual movement, attention, and emotional patterns. Beginning with a shared sensory calibration, the group then disperses—guided by a digital application with cues and prompts—navigating the campus by their own desires and pausing at curated points of reflection. The experience concludes with a collective integration, reflecting on how shifts in perception can transform the ordinary and interrupt the habituated, dreamlike ways we move through the world.
COLLABORATORS:
Immersive Experience by Jesse Reding Fleming and Eve Ekman
Music and Sound Design: Lewis Pesacov
Application Development: Reid Brockmeier