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-== '''Kykeon project''' ==
-'''''a philosophical excavation of the spiritual core of the euopean society'''''
+=='''Not All Who've Died Are Gone'''==
-The kykeon-project sets out to offer a new approach to the origins of the “western-democratic” society. By reevaluating the core of ancient greek-athenian culture, this origin myth presents a more holistic and spiritual approach to the roots of the European culture.
+''EssayArt Concept Text''
+The Essay-Piece Not All Who’ve Died Are Gone explores the academic, research based, Essay Format as a mean of artistic expression. The work reduces the artistic approach down to its conceptual idea - in an approach of creating Objectless-Art. In the piece the conceptual text and project research become the work itself. This is done in an attempt to strip the work of unnecessary abstraction - to implant the questions raised directly into the readers’ mind.
+Bringing together historical research and autobiographical and personal narratives, the piece speaks upon the topic of confronting and dealing with the unavoidable reality of dying.
+The importance of a discussion about death has gained new significance, in times of the European involvement in war and the COVID-19 pandemic. To introduce perspectives from different times and cultures into the contemporary discourse holds a great importance for questioning the current belief systems and the world view shaped through/by them.
+The theme of death is dealt with through the topic of the Rye Ergot Fungus from two different perspectives: On the one hand through the fungus’ historical influence on Europe as a deadly medieval plage and as an ancient therapeutic medicine for the body and the mind. On the other hand the topics is dealt with through the personal impact on the author himself, during his research. Experiments to recreate the deadly Ancient Greek ritual drug “Kykeon”  wich uses the Ergot Alkaloid LSA, as an impacting substance on the human psyche. In this process of experience driven experiments the author was confronted with his own fear of dying.
+The essay uses the contrast of formal scientific language and poetic trance to mediate between “objectivity” and “subjectivity”, between reality and dream, between history and the present.
+[[File:story aspects - not all who've dies.jpg|800px]]
+''Collection: Drafts of story/research aspects (State of Jan. 9th)''
+[[:File:Ergot EssayArtPiece - aspects.pdf]]
+----
+'''General Background of the Rye Ergot Fungus'''
 In the center of the work stands the ancient cult surrounding the elysian mysteries. A rebirth rituals dedicated to Demeter (Deity of grain and fertility) and Persephone (daughter of Demeter and forced bride to Hades) existing for almost 2000 years (1450 B.C - 300 A.C.) - which was central in the culture of the ancient Athenians. It was one of the few, if not the only ritual where no-one was excluded because of race, gender or social status. The only criteria was the ability to speak greek.
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 The most central part of the work will be to understand and recreate kykeon - to illustrate that also Europe and the wester “democratic” patriarchal system has an origin deeply rooted in holistic, spiritual, non-linear and transcendental experiences.
-[[File:DALL·E 2022-10-31 16.35.26 - psychedelic rituals at mysteries of Eleusis at 1400 b.C at night, digital art.png|600px]]
+[[File:DALL·E 2022-10-31 19.20.29 - elysian mysteries.png|600px]]
-The Elysian Mysteries interpreted by DALL E
+(The Elysian Mysteries interpreted by DALL E)
 The active and acting substance in Ergot and Kykeon is Ergoline, better known as lysergic acid (LSA). It was LSA out of which Hoffman synthesised LSD in the 1930s, stabilising the entheogenic effect and making the experience friendlier to the masses.
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-As a final product I want to recreate Kykeon and present it in an installation.
+----
+'''state of research/progress'''''
+''in order of date added''
+*[[A few thoughts on the terms “aesthetics” and “sustainability…]]
+*[[(7.Nov - Exp. #1) Extracting Ergin (LSA) from Ipomoea Tricolor using a simple CWE-Method]]
+*[[ Exp. #1 - Ingestion ('trip') report]]
-I am thinking of using audio. A listening piece as an essay, contemplating the history and political importance of the topic. The audio work could be conceptualised as a loop, with chemical, historical and philosophical topics alternating. The idea of a loop would make sense to me, because I find it always annoying when e.g. video plays in exhibitions as a loop, but it has a clear arch of dramaturgy and should be watched from start to end.
-I could also think of spacial audio. Different sources playing different parts to create a more dynamic and interactive experience. The same could also be possible with video.
-It is very important to me to present a detailed recipe to recreate kykeon (if I hopefully understand how to make it). If it will be incorporated into the audio or visual work is not clear to me yet.
-I was also thinking of illustrating the whole excavation as notes and scribbles on walls or big hanging sheets of paper. With text and pictures and thoughts. This could function very well together with an audio work.
+=='''''Collection of studies and references'''''==
-But I’m still quite unsure.
+''conceptual/historical/philosophical (Ancient Greece)''
-First the chemical recreation, that should be as unspecualtive as possible.
+[[:File:PlatoJowettBenj_1998_SYMPOSIUM_Symposium.pdf]]
+[[:File:alcibiades_the_profane_images_of_the_mysteries.pdf]]
+[[:File:Alcibiades the Profane_ Images of the Mysteries in Plato?s Sympos.pdf]]
+''conceptual/historical/philosophical (Ergot fungi)''
+[[:File:Global_Impact_of_Ergot_Alkaloids.pdf]]
+''chemical/biological''
+[[:File:albert.hofmann-lsd.mein.sorgenkind.pdf]]
+[[:File:Ergot and Its Alkaloids.pdf]]
+[[:File:das Mutterkornalkaloid.pdf]]
+[[:File:Analyzing the Lysergic Acid Amide Content Extracted from the Seed.pdf]]
-* [[A few thoughts on the terms “aesthetics” and “sustainability…]]
+===References===
+Andrea Traldi Dream workshop
+* https://empathy.pixelache.ac/events/active-dreaming-for-empathy