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MULTiSCAPES 
LAB

A research platform exploring the affectivity of perception, matter, and collective emergence, founded and directed by the movement artist/architect Eleni Danesi.
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NEUROAFFECTIVE LANDSCAPES

At the heart of MULTISCAPES LAB is the research on Neuroaffective Landscapes—an embodied inquiry into how both material and immaterial layers of perception shape our nervous system and collective environments. I explore how landscapes—whether physical terrains, emotional territories, or sensory atmospheres—carry affective and psychological weight.

This research lives in fieldwork with communities, embodied design research, and eco-social regenerative practices. It is grounded in a mycelial model of interconnection, where bodies, ecosystems, and networks communicate through decentralized, multisensory pathways.

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RESEARCH FOCUS

BODYS­CAPES

Somatic cartographies of how we inhabit and co-shape space

The body as landscape. I explore how posture, skin, gestures, and visceral responses inform our spatial perception and design intuition. Bodyscapes are somatic cartographies that reveal how we inhabit space from the inside out, and how external landscapes shape the architecture of our neurophysiology. 

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DREAMSCAPES

Imaginative perception and symbolic architecture of the mind

Dreamscapes explore the affective logic of the unconscious—where images, metaphors, and non-linear narratives shape perception and creative intuition. I investigate how dreaming, daydreaming, and altered states contribute to spatial imagination, emotional insight, and design thinking beyond the rational.

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SOUNDSCAPES

Vibrational fields, auditory environments, and nervous system tuning

Soundscapes explore how auditory environments influence spatial perception and enable inner listening. I work with the echoing qualities of space—natural or constructed—as tools to attune to embodied knowing. Through sound, the body becomes a resonant chamber, where perception is not only external but deeply internal, revealing how we sense ourselves through the sonic textures that surround and move through us.

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DEEPSCAPES

Subconscious terrains and the archaeology of affect.

Deepscapes examine how long-term experiences—such as developmental patterns, learned behaviors, and implicit memory—affect sensory processing, emotional regulation, and spatial orientation. This research informs my work on the neurobiology of depth perception across time and context.

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MICROSCAPES

Mycelial communication and cellular resonance across systems

Microscapes reveal the hidden intelligence of the tiny—cells, spores, particles, and micro-signals. I examine how focused, time-sensitive observation of microscopic systems—such as cellular responses and mycelial exchanges—enhances spatial-relational awareness. I explore how microscopic matter shapes perception, emotion, and material interactions, bridging neurobiology with design.

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MACROSCAPES

Tuning into gravitational logic and the architectures of vastness

Macroscapes zoom out to observe systems at scale: geologies, ecologies, societal dynamics, and celestial forces. They reflect how the large-scale environment influences individual and collective nervous systems, anchoring perception within a broader context of interdependence.

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MINDSCAPES

Cognitive terrains and the architecture of thought.

Mindscapes explore  how cognition is influenced by spatial, emotional, and cultural contexts, treating thinking as a dynamic landscape that interacts with bodily sensation and environmental cues. Mindscapes bridge internal logic with external experience, revealing the mind as both shaped by and shaping the world around it.

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INNERSCAPES

Sensory-emotional landscapes of internal experience.

Macroscapes zoom out to observe systems at scale: geologies, ecologies, societal dynamics, and celestial forces. They reflect how the large-scale environment influences individual and collective nervous systems, anchoring perception within a broader context of interdependence.

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RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

EXPLORING LAYERED PERCEPTION THROUGH EMBODIED, AFFECTIVE, AND ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS.

At the core of MULTISCAPES LAB lies a research methodology that blends neuroaffective inquiry, somatic perception, and eco-social systems thinking. My approach is fundamentally process-based, relational, and multisensory, shaped by the understanding that perception is not a passive act but a living, embodied dialogue between nervous systems, environments, and temporal rhythms.

In this research, landscapes are not only geographic—they are affective, cognitive, and sensorial fields that impact how we feel, move, relate, and create. The term Neuroaffective Landscapes captures this convergence of inner and outer environments, where bodily states, emotional undercurrents, and spatial contexts continuously co-shape each other.

My methodology draws inspiration from mycelial intelligence—nonlinear, decentralized, and constantly adapting. Like fungal networks, the research process grows rhizomatically through interactions, slow sensing, and distributed attention. It resists extractive knowledge models in favor of reciprocal observation, where the researcher is not separate from what is being studied but part of the field itself.

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MYCELIUM : Illustrated Series, E. Danesi, 2022

A Mycelial Framework for Perception

KEY METHODOLOGICAL ELEMENTS

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  • Immersive Fieldwork & Participatory Observation: Engaging with communities, sites, and materials through movement, listening, and co-creation.

  • Embodied Prototyping: Using the body as a tool of inquiry to test spatial, emotional, and sensory hypotheses in real-time.

  • Affective Mapping: Documenting how spaces and materials shape nervous system states, including emotional and somatic feedback.

  • Time-based Perception Training: Slowing down observation to access subtle shifts in awareness, attention, and affect—especially in micro and deep perceptual layers.

  • 3Rs of Ecosocial Enactivism: Rest, Reset, Regenerate—a cyclical framework that centers care, recalibration, and regenerative action in both design and research.

PROJECTS & OFFERS

Experiential Workshops & Keynotes

I design and lead hands-on embodied learning (performative) experiences for institutions, festivals, or educational spaces—connecting movement, neuroscience, and creative ecosystems.

Research Partnerships & Site-Specific Projects

If you are an Institution, Museum or an Organization, you can collaborate with me to develop participatory and performative art installations or applied research in architecture, ecosocial systemic transformation, and collective embodied regeneration.

Creative Mentoring & Advisory for Visionaries

I support changemakers, policymakers, activists, architects, artists, organizations and communities to reconnect with their relational intelligence through the BODYMIND Architecture method.

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Installation: The Tent of Consciousness

TESTIMONIALS

"We were in for a wonderful journey of creativity and connection! Carefully prepared and guided, the workshop was an exploration of how inner awareness frames outward expression... a well-crafted balance between doing and being, fused together by meticulously selected music.

Thank you!"

RENA / Social Psychologist / Linguistics / Artist

"Eleni’s work is unique in the way she explores the intimate relationship between psyche, body, and space within the architectural and design fields. Collaborating with her is an enriching experience, filled with encouragement, insightful feedback, and constant inspiration. She is a remarkably talented person, blending intelligence and sensitivity in a way that gives her work both depth and authenticity. It’s this balance that makes her creations truly stand out as genuine and impactful."

ALICIA / Multidisciplinary Artist, PhD Researcher & Educator

CONTACT

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