New Spirits - Reading Deleuze in India
Consciousness only exists in connection with other consciousness
Contemporary art is obsessed with the „next step.“ The avant-garde, the unprecedented, the new and unique. Yet, in the pursuit of the new, we lose sight of something essential: artistic practice itself. Artistic practice isn't just about pushing boundaries. It belongs to those who use art for self-exploration, spiritual practice, healing, therapy, or craft. But in today's culture, especially in the West, we act as if...
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Art Before Theory (short summary) Christoph Kluetsch This lecture is the final one in my winter series. I have given six lectures so far, and I have been challenging myself throughout. Today, I am taking on my biggest challenge yet. I have been exploring topics that interest me—topics that represent a collision between Western art history, Indian spirituality, and postmodern thinking. I find this intersection to be a fascinating space to operate in. In my previous lectures, I have examined…
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The spider brings forth its own web. This image from the Upanishads invites deep meditation on how nature brings forth a thread that it weaves into a complex symmetry. Looking at the spider, the thread, and the web—its function and the source of the complex pattern—we have an image that invites deep speculation about mantra, tantra, and yantra, about art and knowledge, about creation and information. The 5th lecture explores art and scientific visualizations of sacred symmetry in a field…
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Auro Art World organized a series of 6 lectures at the Centre d’Art multimedia room in Auroville. These lectures, conducted by Dr. Christoph Kluetsch, explore connections between art, philosophy, and spirituality, bridging Eastern and Western traditions to illuminate the enduring questions of existence, consciousness, and creativity. The series is offered on the first Tuesday of every month. Fourth lecture – Tuesday 7th January 2025 at 5pm Who in our consciousness experiences sensations? How are sensations synthesized? How do matter, vibration, consciousness, and self connect? And how can we share sensations…
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The snake in paradise seduced Eve into eating a fruit from the forbidden Tree of Knowledge, which distinguishes between good and evil. Why was the Tree of Knowledge forbidden? Why did the snake seduce Eve? What did the fruit taste like? When I asked myself why I wanted to talk about this, I felt like Eve standing before the tree, talking to a snake who was trying to seduce me into eating the fruit. Do...
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Meine Morgenmeditation wird ein wenig zur Routine, wobei man das nach einer Handvoll wohl kaum schon sagen kann. Es ist eher eine Strecke, ein Weg oder eine Erkundung. Wie das Wandern in den Bergen: Den Gipfel im Blick ist Wandern durch die Pfade, auf den Graden, durch die Täler und Flüsse, an den Felswänden vorbei, durch Geröll und Gesteine, Wiesen und Wälder und jenseits der Vegetationsgrenze auf den Gletschern im Schnee wird das Gebirge zur Metapher der inneren Suche. Die…
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During the Chola Empire, the layout of Shiva temples became highly formalized. Based on the Agamas and Shastras, the temple was fully developed into a locus in space, time, and consciousness where the microcosm and macrocosm mirror each other. The study of the Irumbai temple, as a smaller temple that follows the strict rules of temple architecture and serves as a practitioner's temple, reveals its central role in a cluster of about two dozen temples in the vicinity. It follows the main principles of Vastu,…
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When I read a book, watch a movie, get lost in a painting, or participate in a performance, what exactly is happening? It’s as if I’m experiencing something, and images, feelings, and experiences are being awakened within me. Imagine a movie, a book, a play, or a painting that deals with human relationships, action, history, or fairy tales. So you sit somewhere and look at something that tells a kind of story. Now, what is the difference between…
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