Fields of Origin: Serpentine Transmutations in Next Nature and Culture
Three bodies of work explore the Fields of Origin, an unregulated zone of nature and culture as envisioned in the artist's manifesto. This journey begins by activating the Serpentine Field, inspired by the annual pilgrimage of the holy snakes of Mary in Kefalonia and the ancient Mycenaean serpent cult. This digital and filmic artwork serves as divination rite, perceiving human and non-human participants as a collective consciousness within a cosmic DNA dance of evolution and emergence. The snakes, believed to bring healing when worn like bracelets, are said to vanish during times of war and ecological disaster, acting as oracles sending warnings from deep nature to human culture.
The 9th Altar is a site where elemental forces and serpentine life forms evolve eyes and consciousness. Silently, a woman passes by and kneels with jars of offerings, arriving from nowhere and vanishing like mist—a serpent embracing a stone in a timeless gesture. Double Sun (transmitted in August 2023) responds to a burning Earth, opening new doors of perception. Inspired by a vision of a double sun, it reflects the ecological transmutation of the environment through climate-induced nightmares. Days of Yore, (Screen-dance) blends NASA images of forest fires patterned with the myth of Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Underworld. Dancing women, the Anzu bird, the goddess' lion, and a serpent embody forces of change and rebirth. The manifesto concludes in the Fields of Origin, where seeds of novelty lie hidden like viral bacteria, alongside mutated life forms and art forms, awaiting their emergence in the next phase of nature and culture.
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Film
The 9th Altar in the Serpentine Field 9min
The 9th Altar is a site where elemental forces and serpentine life forms evolve eyes and consciousness. Silently, a woman passes by and kneels with jars of offerings, arriving from nowhere and vanishing like mist—a serpent embracing a stone in a timeless gesture.
Bio
Lila Moore is a technoetic artist, filmmaker, screen choreographer, cyberperformance and mixed reality practitioner, ritualist, and visionary theorist. She leads The Cybernetic Futures Institute, which explores technoetic arts with an emphasis on spirituality and the occult in film, screen dance, and interactive forms of performance and narrative. She holds a practice-based PhD in Dance on Screen (Middlesex University, 2001), a Postdoc in Technoetic Arts (Planetary Collegium, 2015), and an M.A. in Film and Video (Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, 1989). Lila Moore is also a lecturer for Alef Trust’s MSc degree in Consciousness, Spirituality, and Transpersonal Psychology (LJMU). She is a practising artist and a published author.
http://www.cyberneticinstitute.com/
https://www.cyberneticfutures.com/
https://www.aleftrust.org/about/team/lila-moore/
Three bodies of work explore the Fields of Origin, an unregulated zone of nature and culture as envisioned in the artist's manifesto. This journey begins by activating the Serpentine Field, inspired by the annual pilgrimage of the holy snakes of Mary in Kefalonia and the ancient Mycenaean serpent cult. This digital and filmic artwork serves as divination rite, perceiving human and non-human participants as a collective consciousness within a cosmic DNA dance of evolution and emergence. The snakes, believed to bring healing when worn like bracelets, are said to vanish during times of war and ecological disaster, acting as oracles sending warnings from deep nature to human culture.
The 9th Altar is a site where elemental forces and serpentine life forms evolve eyes and consciousness. Silently, a woman passes by and kneels with jars of offerings, arriving from nowhere and vanishing like mist—a serpent embracing a stone in a timeless gesture. Double Sun (transmitted in August 2023) responds to a burning Earth, opening new doors of perception. Inspired by a vision of a double sun, it reflects the ecological transmutation of the environment through climate-induced nightmares. Days of Yore, (Screen-dance) blends NASA images of forest fires patterned with the myth of Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Underworld. Dancing women, the Anzu bird, the goddess' lion, and a serpent embody forces of change and rebirth. The manifesto concludes in the Fields of Origin, where seeds of novelty lie hidden like viral bacteria, alongside mutated life forms and art forms, awaiting their emergence in the next phase of nature and culture.
Film
The 9th Altar in the Serpentine Field 9min
The 9th Altar is a site where elemental forces and serpentine life forms evolve eyes and consciousness. Silently, a woman passes by and kneels with jars of offerings, arriving from nowhere and vanishing like mist—a serpent embracing a stone in a timeless gesture.
Bio
Lila Moore is a technoetic artist, filmmaker, screen choreographer, cyberperformance and mixed reality practitioner, ritualist, and visionary theorist. She leads The Cybernetic Futures Institute, which explores technoetic arts with an emphasis on spirituality and the occult in film, screen dance, and interactive forms of performance and narrative. She holds a practice-based PhD in Dance on Screen (Middlesex University, 2001), a Postdoc in Technoetic Arts (Planetary Collegium, 2015), and an M.A. in Film and Video (Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, 1989). Lila Moore is also a lecturer for Alef Trust’s MSc degree in Consciousness, Spirituality, and Transpersonal Psychology (LJMU). She is a practising artist and a published author.
http://www.cyberneticinstitute.com/
https://www.cyberneticfutures.com/
https://www.aleftrust.org/about/team/lila-moore/