Tag: Art

The real

Art and Perception·ArtRepresentationUpanishadsPerceptionKnowledgeFebruary 3, 20244 Min. Lesezeit

Yesterday, during a panel discussion at the India Art Fair, I heard someone quote Plato. She said that Plato said art is the reflection of the reflection of the real. Whether that is accurate in this shortened form is another question. It's an interesting thought. What is the real, what is a reflection, what is art? For Plato, there is the world of Forms, the world of shadows that the ignorant perceive as real in the cave, and the philosopher who guides them out...

Conversation with AI: David Hume, Immanuel Kant, Abhinavagupta, Bharata Muni, Zeami Motokiyo, Gilles Deleuze and a Brahman priest about art art art

Technology and AI·DeleuzeKantArtRepresentationTechnologyTo becomeSeptember 10, 202318 Min. Lesezeit

The series of conversations with the AI is unedited; it is the machine (ChatGPT4.0) that is speaking... Translation from DeepL Prompt: Please write a conversation between David Hume, Immanuel Kant, Abhinavagupta, Bharata Muni, Zeami Motokiyo, Gilles Deleuze and a Brahmin priest. Start with the question: What is taste? ChatGPT Scene: A serene garden with a round table in the center. The philosophers and the Brahmin priest are seated there, each representing a different epoch and culture, yet the timeless question of...

Manifest Dance-Film Festival

Art and Perception·DeleuzeMovieArtMediaLanguagePerceptionAugust 7, 20236 Min. Lesezeit

Manifest Dance-film festival July 28, 2023 to July 30, 2023 https://auroapaar.org/festival/ What actually manifested there? The moving images, which emerged from latent images and are ‚brought to life‘ in their sequence of at least 24 images per second, these images of dancers, who were already at the beginning of cinematography according to their genre, these images were shown at the Dance-Film Festival Manifest from July 28 to 30, 2023 at the Alliance Française in Pondicherry. During the 2.5 days of the festival…

The power of music: a meditation on consciousness and inner spaces

Art and Perception·ArtSufferingMusicSilenceUpanishadsPerceptionTo becomeMay 23, 20234 Min. Lesezeit

we experience the power of consciousness through the blending of different vibrations. This text explores the constitution of consciousness in a meditative state.

The secret of the Kolams: meditation, art and tradition in Tamil Nadu

Places and Travels·HinduismIndiaArtLanguageSilenceTamil NaduKnowledgeApril 22, 20235 Min. Lesezeit

Learn more about the secret of Kolams – a traditional art form in Tamil Nadu where women draw intricate patterns on the streets before sunrise. This practice combines dance, meditation, and contemplation, conveying symbolic messages across generations.

Beauty and delight

Critique and Farewell·KantArtPerceptionMarch 19, 20235 Min. Lesezeit

Find out more about the challenges faced by young people in the divided Germany of the 1980s and the philosophical debates that revolved around German guilt.

Focus point

Art and Perception·MovieArtRepresentationPerceptionTo becomeMarch 18, 20233 Min. Lesezeit

What would a world be like without the focal point of a lens? Our eyes have a lens that bundles light, focusing it onto a plane so that the retina can capture this focused image – as an image on a single plane. The light rays are captured by receptors and relayed to the brain. This vibration of nerve cells is transcribed into another vibration, that of consciousness. This principle was copied in the camera obscura and the cinematographer, and forms the basis of classical photography and film...

The misunderstanding of art: a new perspective without representation

Art and Perception·EncounterDeleuzeArtMediaNatureRepresentationFebruary 28, 20235 Min. Lesezeit

This text clears up the misunderstanding about art that it is supposed to be a representation. Art is not communication, but a unique experience.