Holotechnica: Exploring the nexus of altered states and altered traits

Smith, Carl Hayden

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Author(s): Carl Hayden Smith

Publication date (Print): July 2024

Conference name: Proceedings of EVA London 2024 (EVA 2024)

Conference theme: Since 1990, the EVA London Conference has established itself as one of the United Kingdom’s most innovative and interdisciplinary conferences in the field of digital visualisation. The papers and abstracts in this volume cover areas such as the arts, culture, heritage, museums, music, performance, visual art, and visualisation, as well as related interdisciplinary areas, in combination with technology. The latest research and work by early career researchers, established scholars, practitioners, research students, and visual artists, can be found in this volume, published in full colour.

Conference date: 8–12 July 2024

Keywords: Holotechnica, Altered traits, Consciousness, Immersion, Context engineering

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Holotechnica is the practice of combining different elements and techniques to create lasting transformations of consciousness (“altered traits”). This exploration is vital in the fields of consciousness studies, art and technology research. Despite the increasing interest in this area, there remains a gap in understanding how to move from alterations ("altered states") to enduring characteristics that reshape how we perceive and behave in the world. The main goal of this study is to develop recipes that can effectively combine endo-technologies with cyberdelics and pharmaco-technologies. The methodology involved conducting 20 expert interviews where stacks consisting of ancient healing traditions, reality hacking protocols and mindfulness techniques were outlined and analysed. The goal is to create a Holotechnica framework that empowers individuals to consciously shape their reality through achieving significant and enduring transformations. Future work will focus on improving the number of measures by which we can understand when an altered trait has been achieved.

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/EVA2024.85

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Conference date: 8–12 July 2024

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

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[1] Alba, J. M. Cyberdelic Nexus [website]. https://www.cyberdelic.nexus Accessed 12.3.2024.

[2] Ascott, R. (2000) Moistmedia, technoetics and the three VRs. ISEA 2000.

[3] Bohm, D. (1996) On Dialogue. London and New York: Routledge.

[4] Clark, M. (2020) The Tawny One: Soma, Haoma and Ayahuasca. Aeon Books.

[5] Goleman, D., & Davidson, R. J. (2018). Altered traits: Science reveals how meditation changes your mind, brain, and body. Penguin.

[6] Coronel, C. (2024) Loop Busting. http://loopbusting.com Accessed 12.3.2024

[7] Coronel, C. (2024) Conscious Explorers. http://consciousexplorers.com Accessed 12.3.2024

[8] Coronel, C. (2024) Caz Coronel [website]. https://cazcoronel.com Accessed 12.3.2024

[9] Fleming.N.B (2018) The Remarkable Brains of Long-Term Meditators. Mindful. https://www.mindful.org/the-remarkable-brains-of-high-level-meditators/ Accessed 12.12.2023

[10] Garfield. M (2016) Reader’s Rig: Michael Garfield [website]. https://web.archive.org/web/20210624003628/https:/www.guitarmoderne.com/artists/readers-rig-michael-garfield Accessed 12.3.2024.

[11] Goleman, D., & Davidson, R. J. (2018) Altered traits: Science reveals how meditation changes your mind, brain, and body. Penguin.

[12] Horn, V.H. (2016) How Oculus Rift Will Change Buddhism. Lionsroar. https://www.lionsroar.com/ready-for-a-virtual-reality Accessed 2.2.2024

[13] Lawson, G.M. (2024) Audyssey - Geom on Bullet Dodge Records.

[14] Lawson, G.M. (2024) Audyssey Ave. https://audysseyave.com Accessed 12.3.2024

[15] Menen, R. (2004) The miracle of music therapy. Pustak Mahal.

[16] Millière, R., Carhart-Harris, R. L., Roseman, L., Trautwein, F. M., & Berkovich-Ohana, A. (2018) Psychedelics, meditation, and self-consciousness. Frontiers in psychology, 9, 375105. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01475/full.

[17] Monroe Institute https://www.monroeinstitute.org Accessed 3.2.2024

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[19] Phinn. S. (2024) Saraphinn [website] https://www.sara phinn.com Accessed 12.1.2024.

[20] Smith, C. H., & Warner, M. (2022, July) Cyberdelics: Context engineering psychedelics for altered traits. In Proceedings of EVA London 2022, pp. 252-259.

[21] Smith, C. H. (2014, July) Context engineering hybrid spaces for perceptual augmentation. In Electronic Visualisation and the Arts (EVA 2014). BCS Learning & Development, pp. 244-245. DOI: 10.14236/ewic/EVA2014.58.

[22] Torres Meza, L. F. (2010) The Bene Gesserit in Frank Herbert's Dune. An Analysis (Dissertation – Universitatis Islandiae Sigillum, Haskoli Islands ).

[23] Rift into the Mind. VR + Drugs pairings [website] . https://www.reddit.com/r/RiftintotheMind Accessed 12.12.2023.

[24] Roxiva lamp [website] https://roxiva.com/ Accessed 12.3.2024.

[25] Wheal, J. (2021) Recapture the Rapture: Rethinking God, Sex, and Death in a World That's Lost Its Mind. HarperCollins.

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