Finley Wegener

ISEA2024

The Abstract Human Radio (Abhura) is the creative moniker of Meanjin-based producer Fin Wegener. The project encompasses experimental ambient and dance music production, projection art and interactive installation works that explore immersion and interactivity with the arts through technology. Through fluidity of medium, Abhura’s work is underpinned by an effort to translate energy between senses, creating captivating environments and meaningful experiences.
As a perpetually multimedia project, Abhura continues to escape definition and instead envelopes each new interest and venture that Wegener undertakes, from performances of generative music in surround sound, to audio-generated/reactive visual projections at various events and the development of the Abstract Human Theremin; an infrared motion tracking system that maps body movements to parameters of a modular synthesizer.
Across these disparate elements, the project maintains a definitive conceptual and aesthetic aim: to combat the alienation from the human condition inoculated within late-stage capitalism by welcoming audiences into immersive and calming environments that encourage introspection, peacefulness and meditation.