In this case, the physical act of dancing is subverted by the focus on achieving a mental rhythm of

Photo Lia Chavez's installation at the Cosmopolitan Las Vegas, “The Octave of Visible Light: A Meditation Nightclub,” collects participants' neurobiological feedback and translates it into sounds, laser-projected colors and radiant strobes. Credit Samuel Cox
Artists residencies in Las Vegas tend to involve grand theater stages and bizarre ticketed performances, but at the Cosmopolitan central america travel tips hotel , the New York-based multimedia artist Lia Chavez has crafted an altogether different kind of spectacle. As the first in the annual lineup for the hotel s P3Studio artist-in-residence program, Chavez has set up a surprisingly cerebral take on the notion of nightclubbing.
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Working with the creative central america travel tips company Rehabstudio , Chavez invented a digital system to generate user s neurobiological feedback through EEG headsets and translate those frequencies into musical sounds, laser-projected colors central america travel tips and radiant strobes in an otherwise dark studio nestled among a cluster of buzzy restaurants on the Cosmopolitan s third floor. The most pressing challenge of this work lies in how the viewer is able to receive central america travel tips real-time feedback on what is occurring within the brain, while remaining engaged with the experience, she says. In other words, she adds, How do we achieve higher levels of awareness of what we re experiencing without compromising the experience itself?
In this case, the physical act of dancing is subverted by the focus on achieving a mental rhythm of sorts. Visitors are invited to wear the headsets as Chavez leads a guided verbal central america travel tips meditation based on Zen Buddhist techniques — again, an intentional contrast to the noise and excess of Las Vegas. It s an opportunity to explore the currency of attention in a setting that s a masterpiece of hyper-stimulation, Chavez says. Thoughts go everywhere, and the technology enables the viewer to observe the acrobatic nature of the mind. After a few moments central america travel tips of relaxing and focusing, the viewer learns how to use color and sonic spectra as guides to deeper states of meditative intensity.