Zombie Apocalypse as Mindfulness Manifesto
An icon of horror, the zombie blunders with apparent mindlessness, bringing only contagion and chaos. It has lost its ego, its individuality, its reasoning self. It is a repellent vision of posthumanity.
Mindfulness is a therapeutic practice rooted in the meditative traditions of Buddhism. Liberated from the stresses and anxieties of capitalist society, practitioners escape the demands of an ego driven to exhaustion by instrumental rationality.
This project (which was conceptualized and developed by Chris Goto-Jones and illustrated by Ricardo Bessa) is a playful exploration of the growing interest in mindfulness meditation and flourishing portrayals of the zombie apocalypse in contemporary societies. Is there a connection between these models of (post)selfhood? What is the connection between mindfulness and mindlessness?
Mindfulness is a therapeutic practice rooted in the meditative traditions of Buddhism. Liberated from the stresses and anxieties of capitalist society, practitioners escape the demands of an ego driven to exhaustion by instrumental rationality.
This project (which was conceptualized and developed by Chris Goto-Jones and illustrated by Ricardo Bessa) is a playful exploration of the growing interest in mindfulness meditation and flourishing portrayals of the zombie apocalypse in contemporary societies. Is there a connection between these models of (post)selfhood? What is the connection between mindfulness and mindlessness?
concept: chris goto-jones, art: ricardo bessa
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