February 27, 2025 6:00 PM UTC
Marieke McKenna is a philosopher and historian with Scottish & Irish roots, based in The Netherlands. She has a deep love for nature, music, writing, creative expression and people.
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Saelyx Finna is a filmmaker and dream tech researcher based in Akron, Ohio. Saelyx has presented on the neuroethics of emerging dream neurotechnologies at conferences and universities, and published articles in journals such as Intermédialités.
Learn moreThis groundbreaking webinar will introduce the topic of dream technology: emerging technologies that directly interface with and sometimes - aim to alter - the dreaming mind.
New Advaya teacher philosopher and historian of science Marieke McKenna has invited filmmaker and dream tech expert Saelyx Finna for an in depth discussion of this topic, that has been, so far, not yet widely introduced to society at large. Examples of dream tech include lucid dream induction devices, dream recording, VR and AI applications, lucid dreaming and dream journal apps, and early attempts at dream advertising. We will discuss examples of dream tech, foundational scientific studies, case studies, and the profound ethical questions raised by the advent of technology that directly influences the subconscious. Attendees will leave with a DIY dream tech protocol they can try at home. This webinar is a second of two that we are hosting ahead of the launch of Marieke McKenna’s course on dreams.
Marieke McKenna is a philosopher and historian with Scottish & Irish roots, based in The Netherlands. She has a deep love for nature, music, writing, creative expression and people.
Learn moreMarieke McKenna is a philosopher and historian with Scottish & Irish roots, based in The Netherlands. She has a deep love for nature, music, writing, creative expression and people. Within academia, Marieke works on (process)metaphysics, phenomenology, physics, consciousness studies, (ethno)musicology, ecological thinking, mythology and history of art. Her most recent research focuses on historical, cross-cultural, scientific and philosophical perspectives on dreaming. By adopting an interdisciplinary approach she strives to gain a deeper and more holistic understanding of the spectrum of consciousness, currently focusing on the phenomenology of dreaming (which is related to daydreaming, ideation, and creativity). Outside academia, Marieke, who is based in The Netherlands, works as an artist, creative entrepreneur, curator, consultant and award-winning programme maker, frequently exploring the intersection of academic and artistic research. She has her own music radio programme on Dutch National Radio 2, is a DJ, runs record label Mink Records (est. 2016), and works as a teacher at various conservatoires and universities.
Saelyx Finna is a filmmaker and dream tech researcher based in Akron, Ohio. Saelyx has presented on the neuroethics of emerging dream neurotechnologies at conferences and universities, and published articles in journals such as Intermédialités.
Learn moreSaelyx Finna is a filmmaker and dream tech researcher based in Akron, Ohio. Saelyx has presented on the neuroethics of emerging dream neurotechnologies at conferences and universities, and published articles in journals such as Intermédialités. For their feature film on the topic, Saelyx received the inaugural Creative Science Nonfiction Accelerator Award from Sandbox Films and Gamechanger Films, and a Knight New Work Grant. The hybrid film, UNDER THE DREAM, is a work of somatic cinema about the multiverse of our dreaming minds, and the stakes for the future of our dreams. The project was also selected for the 2024 CPH: DOX Pitch Forum in Copenhagen.