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. But in the hunt for the new, we lose sight of something essential: artistic practice itself. Artistic practice is not just about crossing boundaries. It is one of those things that make art [...]
Bodhi Zendo I had ordered a book to take with me to Bodhi Zendo: "Zen in the Art of Ink Painting" by Katharina Shepherd-Kobel. It is a beautiful book, it speaks to me and feeds my longing to learn ink painting and to deepen my meditation. When I got involved in Zen meditation 3.5 years ago, the act of [...]
Traditional Indian music, the raga, is melodic with respect to a fundamental tone. Western music is harmonic, meaning simultaneous and complex. In the West, a lot is thought in terms of structures; for a while, there was a lot of talk about structuralist and post-structuralist thought. Complex systems are found everywhere: in philosophy, in canonical texts and visual systems, in technology [...]
I woke up from a nightmare at 4am. I was talking to Will in Apt about a strange irritation in my perception of time. I described how time was falling into fragments and some were simply missing. It was a matter of seconds or minutes, and while I tried to immerse myself in time to describe it better, [...]
I have been living with a neurotic dog for a few weeks now. She barked a lot while she still perceived me as a stranger. She kept her distance and was frightened. After a few weeks, she accepted me, approached me and wanted to be stroked. Now she lies at my door and keeps watch; she protects me. What happened? I [...]
Exhibition „Roots From the Sky“ by Cedric Bregnard at Centre d’Art, Auroville March 2023 Cedric Bregnard is an Artist in Residence at the Centre d’Art in Auroville. He will be taking a photograph of the Banyan tree in the Matrimandir garden over the next 2 months. This photograph will then be scaled to the size of a wall (approx. 3x7m) in the gallery. […]
Standing on the loading platform of a small van, I've been driving around Auroville for the past few days collecting various items for the Potters Market. These small vans are the big brothers of tuk-tuks. Sometimes you'll see six or seven dozen people standing on them when a big festival is coming up. It's a popular mode of transportation […]
I didn't take much with me to India, a backpack full of clothes, books and technology. But I packed a good pair of headphones and bought an external cell phone hi-fi sound card from Tempotec for the USB-C output - it wasn't cheap, but it's excellent. I was very pleased when it [...]
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