Friday, July 31
5:30PM - 8:30PM
Is your battery chronically low, your storage almost full, and your desktop so cluttered you can no longer see your cute background? It might be time to give your devices––and your nervous system––a soft reset.
Join us for “Emotional Tech Support,” a public program led by our July AIR Zsofi Valyi-Nagy and thereminist, producer, and certified sound healer Clara Venice. Together, Zsofi and Clara are the Los-Angeles based Soft Reset, a collaborative audiovisual project offering a gentle, human-made alternative to algorithmic wellness audio. Their forthcoming EP, Sound Pools, features an ambient cover of Tate McRae's "You Broke Me First" and a guided meditation based on the reality dating show “Love Island.”
This program has two parts; participants are welcome to attend one or both parts, as there will be an intermission. Part 1: Live Electronic Sound Bath for digital hoarders, overthinkers, synesthetes, misophoniacs, and anyone who has taken a breathwork class and wondered, “Am I doing something wrong?” Part 2: Build Your Emotional Support Device: an interactive workshop for rethinking your digital environment as a creative practice, considering how color palettes, custom icons, notification sounds, and small interface rituals can completely change the emotional experience of using technology. Participants should bring their own phones, tablets, and/or laptops (all operating systems welcome), and will leave with a customized device that soothes and softens the nervous system.
5:30-6:15: Part 1: Sound Bath
6:15-7:15 Intermission
6:30-7:30: Part 2: Build Your Emotional Support Device
Friday, July 31
5:30PM - 8:30PM
Is your battery chronically low, your storage almost full, and your desktop so cluttered you can no longer see your cute background? It might be time to give your devices––and your nervous system––a soft reset.
Join us for “Emotional Tech Support,” a public program led by our July AIR Zsofi Valyi-Nagy and thereminist, producer, and certified sound healer Clara Venice. Together, Zsofi and Clara are the Los-Angeles based Soft Reset, a collaborative audiovisual project offering a gentle, human-made alternative to algorithmic wellness audio. Their forthcoming EP, Sound Pools, features an ambient cover of Tate McRae's "You Broke Me First" and a guided meditation based on the reality dating show “Love Island.”
This program has two parts; participants are welcome to attend one or both parts, as there will be an intermission. Part 1: Live Electronic Sound Bath for digital hoarders, overthinkers, synesthetes, misophoniacs, and anyone who has taken a breathwork class and wondered, “Am I doing something wrong?” Part 2: Build Your Emotional Support Device: an interactive workshop for rethinking your digital environment as a creative practice, considering how color palettes, custom icons, notification sounds, and small interface rituals can completely change the emotional experience of using technology. Participants should bring their own phones, tablets, and/or laptops (all operating systems welcome), and will leave with a customized device that soothes and softens the nervous system.
5:30-6:15: Part 1: Sound Bath
6:15-7:15 Intermission
6:30-7:30: Part 2: Build Your Emotional Support Device