ʙʀᴇᴀᴛʜᴇ ɪɴ. ʙʀᴇᴀᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴜᴛ. ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ ᴏɴᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ɪɴꜰɪɴɪᴛᴇ ꜱᴏᴜʀᴄᴇ.

The transcendent new film "𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗠𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡," by Baltimore artist and filmmaker Corey Hughes is now available in two exclusive editions:

#1 𝗬𝗙𝗠 𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗥𝗼𝗰𝗸 Designed and hand assembled in Baltimore, MD in collaboration with Lorre Mill, the Your Final Meditation Magic Rock is the ultimate in physical media.

A custom mp3 player with 8 unique cartridges including soundscapes from the film by Amy Reid, Reece Cox, SAZA, Dj Shshunj, Hanna Olivegren, AV Moves, & more. Including 𝖡𝖴𝖦 𝖡𝖴𝖣𝖲 headphones for full body immersion. And a translucent amethyst USB preloaded with the YFM digital bundle (includes a ProRes version of the film and a digital zine).

ꜰᴇᴀᴛᴜʀᴇꜱ: 🔋 ʙᴀᴛᴛᴇʀʏ-ᴘᴏᴡᴇʀᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʀᴇᴄʜᴀʀɢᴇᴀʙʟᴇ ᴜꜱʙ ᴘᴏʀᴛ 🎧 ʜᴇᴀᴅᴘʜᴏɴᴇ/ᴀᴜx ᴏᴜᴛ 💎 ʟɪɢʜᴛ ᴀᴄᴛɪᴠᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴇᴍʙᴇᴅᴅᴇᴅ ɢᴇᴍ ꜱᴛᴏɴᴇꜱ 🌀 ᴛᴏᴛᴀʟʟʏ ᴏꜰꜰʟɪɴᴇ 🪨 ʜᴀɴᴅ-ᴀꜱꜱᴇᴍʙʟᴇᴅ 🚫 ᴅᴏᴇꜱ ɴᴏᴛ ꜱʏɴᴄ. ᴅᴏᴇꜱ ɴᴏᴛ ꜱᴛʀᴇᴀᴍ.

ɪɴꜱᴛʀᴜᴄᴛɪᴏɴꜱ: 💎ᴀᴄᴛɪᴠᴀᴛᴇ ɢᴇᴍꜱ. ɪɴꜱᴇʀᴛ ᴄᴀʀᴛʀɪᴅɢᴇ. ᴛʀᴀɴꜱᴄᴇɴᴅ. ʀᴇᴘᴇᴀᴛ.

#2 𝗬𝗙𝗠 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗲 Includes link to a high-res digital download of Your Final Meditation (ProRes QT), along with a 60-page digi zine (pdf) featuring never before seen artifacts from the making of the film including early scripts, writing, photographs, inspiration images, mazes, and guided meditations. Part self-help book, part metaphysical field guide.

The film: 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗠𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 (52 mins) • dir. by Corey Hughes Isolated in her warehouse apartment, Jodiiie (Hanna Olivegren) plays a VR guided meditation video game to calm her escalating anxiety. The game, run by a next generation AI algorithm, adapts its gameplay to the player’s emotions as they navigate twelve levels on a quest to achieve the ultimate goal: transcendence. Jodiiie becomes increasingly consumed by the game as the meditation descends into a maze of real, virtual, and hybrid worlds. Ultimately, Jodiiie must transcend the game itself.

Employing a collaged approach of image-making techniques, “Your Final Meditation” is an experimental narrative exploring the body’s relationship to camera technologies, spirituality, and emerging virtual worlds. Combining scripted narrative scenes, wildlife documentation, improvised performance, AI generated content, screen-captured video games, and 3D animation to create a vision of a world constantly mediated by technologies we don’t fully understand, or control.

The film has played festivals and theaters around the world including: Rockaway Film Festival, 2024 FWB FEST, Baltimore's New/Next Film Festival, Iceland's Flat Earth Film Festival, Los Angeles' Now Instant Image Hall, 30________70 DOC FEST, NYC's Roxy Cinema, Ithaca Experimental Film Fest, and 2640 Space.