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A Video Collage: Sensory Overload: Inducing Trance Through Rave

This piece is a simulation of the hyperreal hybrid mediascape of rave. Enjoy your trance. All information given throughout the collage is based on media theory and cognitive and cultural musicology. The extensive theoretical framework can be accessed through the written version of this BA Thesis. You can request the file if interested.

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