Apparition (Death)
Apparition (Doom)
Apparition (Abyss)
2012

"Besides, you never know with spirits. There is no guarantee that they'll come when called. They appear when they want to. So seances are a tricky technique for dealing with creatures from the past. Citations, conversely, are more controlling; the one who cites takes possession of what is cited. Things work differently in a seance. With spirits you must negotiate. And if you lose the upper hand in this process you might end up being the one possessed. Power relations are not predetermined; they are subject to negotiation. In contrast to the act of citation, the ceremony of convocation remains perilously performative and open ended. It cannot coerce a community (among and with spirits) to come into being."

-Jan Ver Woert

"Look well at the fate that awaits you all one day. Remember the phantasmagoria!"
-Etienne Gaspard Robertson [ more information ]

AD 509 - Adv Electronic Visualization, Prof. Cauleen Smith