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Why this, Why now?
How do we hold space for depth in a world of stimulation overload?
How do we create experiences that last beyond the programme?
At the core of everything Nina does is the belief in People Power.
Slice of Pie was designed to remind people of the power they have
to make changes in themselves and in the broader world.
Nobody can deny that our current world is a shit show, or rather the systems we live in are being uncovered and shown for what they are.
A world designed for us to consume, to stay struggling,
To stay lost, To stay addicted.
To put up and shut up.
Post-colonial, imperial tentacles reaching into everything.
Slice of Pie is a Reset button for our
communal nervous system.
A time-out to gather ourselves in a system designed for us to be lost and addicted.
A system designed for us to consume,
put up and shut up.
A system which at its very core is designed
to keep the people down.
The time is now for everyone to
Take a Slice Of Pie
Nina Hynes · Live Work · Festival Experience
Slice of
P.I.E.
Periphery · Immersion · Experience
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A live, headphone-based guided experience sitting at the intersection of performance art, sound installation and nervous system work — designed to scale from an intimate side room to an open festival tent holding thousands.
What is Slice of PIE?
Slice of PIE is a silent disco style live performance experience created by Irish artist and musician Nina Hynes.
Using her voice, live-looping and pre-designed layers of frequencies, Nina takes the audience into a trance for 60 minutes.
Drawing on over thirty years of work with voice, sound and the body, and training in Ericksonian hypnotherapy, it sits at the intersection of performance art, sound installation and nervous system work.
The Three Layers
P for Periphery
The Peripheral Vision Technique
Also known as "soft eyes"or the "owl eyes"technique, it's a simple but powerful neurological tool rooted in how the eyes and nervous system are directly connected.
How it works
When you shift from focused (foveal) vision to wide peripheral vision - relaxing your gaze so you're taking in the whole visual field(like bird vision) rather than fixating on one point - your nervous system shifts from sympathetic(fight or flight) to parasympathetic(rest and digest) almost instantly.
I for Immersion
Using live vocal looping, layered soundscapes and carefully crafted hypnotic language patterns, the audience moves through progressive relaxation into a state of focused, immersive open awareness. Techniques drawn from Ericksonian hypnotherapy, NLP and therapeutic performance practice are woven invisibly into the experience - not as clinical intervention, but as atmospheric architecture.
E for Experience
The destination is experience itself - vivid, embodied and present moment. Through present-orientated suggestion and future pacing, audience members leave not just relaxed, but resourced. This is a communal but inner experience, not unlike the transformative raves of the 90's but the drugs are no longer needed to get there.
Spatial. Atmospheric. Interconnected dream.
The audience carry something deeper and positive with them.
The experience lands in the body, not just the mind
Tech Requirements:
Audience wireless headphones
(Silent Disco style)
Vocal mic + Looping pedal-live processing setup
(Artist-self-contained stereo output)
Space:
Open tent or indoor/outdoor space/stage — ambient festival sound becomes part of the experience-
not a problem to solve
Audience Setup:
Seated, on ground/floor, or lying down preferred
Run Time:
40–60 minutes, adaptable to festival programming slot
Capacity:
Scales from intimate (2) to thousands - shared presence amplifies rather than dilutes
Tours in a small bag
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