Fan Death Code in Oblivion Gate

Using a case study of thoughtforms interpreted in the language of cybernetics, where collective belief systems alter physiology through consciousness as receiver-transmitter.

In this context a thoughtform is not a metaphor. It is a self-reinforcing pattern that circulates through a population, using the host as both antenna and amplifier.

This works through a co-regulatory process: The sign (surface) is a fixed signal carrying a discrete unit of information. The wavelength is the continuous carrier beneath this surface, the form of a belief system without content or meaning. This project addresses a case in which the belief system functions as an architecture of concealment, obscuring the mechanism that produces the phenomena it claims to name.



  1. Untitled (SVG, dimensions variable)
  2. Dual channel architecture of visible and invisible thoughtform belief system loop (LaTeX diagram, PDF, dimensions variable)
  3. Waveform 1 (PET fibre board, 25.7 x 12.5")
  4. Host language (generated text, digital, dimensions variable)
  5. Untitled (somatic imprint) (digital, dimensions variable)
  6. Waveform 1 (detail)
  7. Host language (generated text, digital, dimensions variable)


2020

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  2. 2. Dual Channel Architecture of Visible and Invisible Thoughtform Belief System loop, Matt Congdon, 2020
  3. 3. Waveform 1, Matt Congdon, 2020
  4. 4. Host Language, Matt Congdon, 2020
  5. 5. Untitled (somatic imprint), Matt Congdon, 2020
  6. 6. Waveform 1 (detail), Matt Congdon, 2020
  7. 7. Host Language, Matt Congdon, 2020