purgatory EDIT: Liberation Archives for the Cyborgs of Now purgatory EDIT: Liberation Archives for the Cyborgs of Now

purgatory EDIT: Liberation Archives for the Cyborgs of Now

at transmediale studio, in collaboration with silent green X EMAP X transmediale 2025

Purgatory EDIT: Liberation Archives for the Cyborgs of Now premiers at Transmediale Studio from January 9 to February 2, 2025. The installation part of UnNatural Encounters on view from January 9 to 19, 2025 at silent green, and transmediale festival 2025, near near but — far taking place from January 30 to February 2, 2025.


purgatory EDIT is collaboratively developed by:

Ali Akbar Mehta | Artist, Researcher & Archivist

Jernej Čuček Gerbec | VDMX Programming & Software Developer

Palash Mukhopadhyay | Web/UI/UX Design

Adnan Mirza | UNITY and Virtual Cinema Design

Pruthu Parab | Background Score and Additional sound design

Anoushkaa Bhatnagar | Arts Manager and Producer

Sanyam Varun | Archive Manager & Research Assistant

Aditya Rokade | Post-production and Video Processing

Koshy Brahmatmaj | Costume Design

Yuki Elias | Narrator


Presented by transmediale 2025 in collaboration with European Media Art Platform (EMAP) and silent green Film Feld Forschung. Purgatory EDIT has received development support from the EMAP residency program 2024 at Werkleitz co-funded by the European Union. The project is made possible by partial funding from Taiteen Edistämiskeskus and Kone Säätio, and travel funding from support from the Finnland-Institut, Berlin and Goethe Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan, Mumbai.

for more information about the project visit the project website here


purgatory EDIT is conducted daily as participant-driven cyber performances.

Performance sessions are available as 45, 60, or 75-minute slots (including a 15-minute setup time). Individual performance duration is decided by participants’ choice to participate and time slots are indicative as outer limits.

Performances are designed as 1:1 interactions with the installation, which include wearing EEG headgear and XR glasses. Participation requires signup to create a secure space for your personalised recording, and pre-registration on the purgatory EDIT website (linked below).

Video screenings of previous performance recordings will be on view during non-performance periods. The space accommodates 30-40 members of the audience at a time. Non-participating audiences require no prior registration.



Performance Calendar

Tuesday-Friday:

  • 14:00-14:45
  • 15:15-16:00
  • 16:30-17:15
  • 17:45-18:30
  • 18:45-19:30

Saturday-Sunday:

  • 12:00-12:45
  • 13:00-13:45
  • 14:00-14:45
  • 15:15-16:00
  • 16:30-17:15
  • 17:45-18:30
  • 18:45-19:30