Dream lab · 2058

Aura Fortress

A drug-free altered-perception journey that induces the phenomenology of a migraine visual aura — the shimmering, zigzagging “fortification spectrum” of a scintillating scotoma. A slow reaction front sweeps a C-shaped arc of scintillating light across the whole visual field over about five minutes, trailing a temporary blind region behind it. Nothing to do: it plays itself, and the sound is the same wave you see.

Photosensitivity note: the shimmer is intentionally slow and smooth — luminance drifts sinusoidally at ≤ 3 Hz, with no hard black/white strobing. Even so, if you are photosensitive or prone to migraine, sit back and stop at any time. Headphones and a dim room are ideal.