Meditation for the City by August Shells

​Meditation for the City is a live audiovisual performance by August Shells engaging breath, attention, and stillness under conditions of constant acceleration.

​Digitally processed natural imagery meets live acoustic sound. Together, they form a temporary situation in which bodies can slow down. As recovery. As escape. As a way of noticing what continuous stimulation and extraction tend to suppress.

​One part of the performance takes the form of a guided breathing meditation, structured through rhythm and sound. Elsewhere, guidance recedes. Attention is left open.

​Meditation is approached here not as a private technique, but as a collective and material practice. One shaped by social and economic conditions. Slowness is not neutral. It is a prerequisite for reflection on how nervous systems are organised, how exhaustion becomes normal, and how ways of living settle into the body.

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​No prior experience with meditation is required. Seating will be available. Visitors are welcome to bring their own yoga mats or cushions if they wish.

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​Entry fee: donation based.

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​August Shells is an ongoing research-based art practice by Maciej Kodzis, blending visual art, sound, and ecological philosophy.