Project · 2020

Phase Shifting Index

Phase Shifting Index (2020) is a large-scale multi-screen video installation by Jeremy Shaw that blends archival footage of twentieth-century experiments on hypnosis, trance, and human physiology with newly staged choreography of dancers in a laboratory-like setting. This quasi-scientific mise-en-scène probes the historical quest to induce and quantify altered states, while questioning how belief, movement, and cinematic language shape our perception of transcendence. Renowned for its immersive projection architecture and precise interplay between documentary reality and staged performance, the work exemplifies Shaw's ongoing inquiry into the visual cultures of consciousness, subculture, and the esoteric. It stands as a key reference in contemporary video installation.