In her short film 'Delicate Spells of Mind', British-born, Australian science fiction artist Lucy McRae imagines the inner workings of the human mind as anthropomorphised creatures working as part of an operating system, and invites the viewers to take a closer look.

'Delicate Spells of Mind' switches between two worlds: that of ‘Seeker’ and ‘Other’.

The Seeker’s self-invented ‘practice’ appearing as acts of care and game, are her attempts to flee pain and error. A dashboard of gadgets and controllers to calculate “best” outcome. Simultaneously, the ‘Others’ world is populated with a procession of dancers costumed in inoperable mocap suits: a committee, an organism, traveling and prostrating in search.

Switching between worlds, the Seeker and Other are caught in a tug of war, grappling with a riddle of a rope; ‘lifeline’ contraption. Eventually coming to share the same plain of existence, emptying through movement, shape and ritual, inviting healing, where both Seeker and Other co-exist.

Designed to invite multiple interpretations, 'Delicate Spells of Mind' approaches the spectator as a malleable subject for change and self-reflection, allowing for higher states of consciousness, where humanity, science, ethics, technology shapeshift, integrate and unite.

An existential voyage into psyche, 'Delicate Spells of Mind' is an attempt to invite acceptance, belonging and learning to fit in as we are, rather than rooting out ego once and for all.