Performance

Sins of the Mind

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Through the confessional for cognitive sins Prophette is offering absolution from modern sins in the form of cognitive bias. Both the website and the installation play with the idea of cognitive bias, to get people to admit to these biases and “absolve” them of their “sins”. The idea is to poke fun at this over-hyped area of discussion which reached an apex with the success of Daniel Kahneman’s Thinking, Fast and Slow.

Metaphysical Lottery

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The Metaphysical Lottery was a spin off from Prophette and Shaman Metaphysical Bookmakers which featured in a number of summer festivals and was a feature of the How the Light Gets In festival – the Hay Literature festival’s Fringe music and philosophy off-shoot. The stand used a modified UK National Lottery stand and sinage, replacing … Metaphysical Lottery

Prophette and Shaman Metaphysical Bookmakers

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Let’s get metaphysical! “If it can be proved it must be removed.” So reads the inscription on the book of metaphysical bets. Bob Prophette and Penny Shaman bring you their unique metaphysical betting concept, giving you the opportunity to put your beliefs on show and to the test.

The Book of Metaphysical Bets

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In 2012 Bob Prophette and Penny Shaman created the Book of Metaphysical Bets. Bets wagered by people who attended the Port Eliot Festival that year.
Each bet represents something ‘unprovable but true’ in the eyes of the punter. These bet’s will be honoured in the event that they are proved true. Until then, civility is guaranteed…