New Spirits - Reading Deleuze in India
Consciousness only exists in connection with other consciousness
The works of Amitabh Sengupta show a broad spectrum of styles and reflect the challenges faced by Indian artists in the 20th century. A major exhibition of his work is currently on display at the Kalakendra Art Gallery. Find out more about his influences and his significance for the Indian art scene.
CADALfest took place in Adishakti from December 16-20, 2022. I hadn't planned to go, but I was very surprised by the four days of round-table discussions, poetry and film screenings, concerts and theater performances by a fascinating group of artists, activists and academics. I cherry-picked a little bit and ended up [...]
Gilles Grimaître visits Auroville for a few days during his Pro Helvetia artist residency in Bengaluru, Chennai and Pondicherry to engage with Carnatic music. The program he chose for the evening from Dec. 17th, 2022, was a passionate, loving introduction to usually not so accessible Western avant-garde music. Grimaître started off with Johannes Brahms - [...]
Review Article: Conceptual art during the Covid lockdown by Artist Aabhas Mahindre
"the eye thinks even more than it listens" (Deleuze) I now remember that before I started reading Deleuze, I had been working on process aesthetics. I made a 100-page manuscript, with notes, quotations, structural sketches. I wanted to get away from the idea that art consists of objects that are perceived in a particular form, because [...]
I've been reading in India for three weeks now: Deleuze, Upanishads, Sri Aurobindo. Sometimes I meditate in between. The rest is still a remnant of everyday life in the New World. Reading the news, consuming entertainment media, organizing things that don't really have any meaning here but need continuity so that they don't break down in old Europe and the New [...].
Autobahnen sind immer besondere Orte für mich gewesen. Meistens war ich nicht unter Zeitdruck, selten musste ich in einer bestimmten Zeit von A nach B. Vielmehr sind Autobahnen Reiserouten. Ich befinde mich dort in Zwischenzuständen, eine Art Niemandsland mit unendlich vielen Möglichkeiten. Das eröffnet Denkräume. Oft sind die einfach leer. Das Gehirn ist damit beschäftigt, […]
Das Leben ist so komplex und es gibt so viele verschiedene Arten und Weisen zu leben. Es gibt kein richtiges oder falsches Leben. Das Leben ist ein Geschenk. Aber was sagst du über die negativen Energien, die Destruktion und Aggression, die Gier und Missgunst? Das alles gehört dazu. Es gibt nur Akzeptanz. Akzeptanz heißt aber […]
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