New Spirits – Reading Deleuze in India
Consciousness exists only in connection with other consciousness
Recently I stumbled upon David Hume again. I remember how intensive the study of his writings in Heidelberg was. We went very deeply into the text, very meticulously and systematically. It was the opposite of those Anglo-American lectures on the history of ideas. So I stumbled upon the concept of taste in Hume, as the core of his “aesthetic” theory. I thought of rasa and began a conversation with AI. Larger connections became clear to me, lines I had never…
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The series of conversations with AI is unedited; it is the machine (ChatGPT4.0) speaking… Translation by DDeepL Prompt: Please write a conversation between David Hume, Immanuel Kant, Abhinavagupta, Bharata Muni, Zeami Motokiyo, Gilles Deleuze and a Brahmin priest. Begin with the question: What is taste? ChatGPT Setting: A serene garden with a round table in the middle. The philosophers and the Brahmin priest sit there, each representing a different era and culture, yet the timeless question of aesthetics connects them.…
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Art begins not with flesh but with the house. (Deleuze) I now practice meditation. It took a long time to admit this to myself. Somehow I had always done it, only I did not know it. Like most people, I have phases in which I look inward, or concentrate contemplatively on something, phases in which I try to calm my mind, or find out what this I within me actually is, phases in which I try to understand what…
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Exhibition “Roots From the Sky” by Cedric Bregnard at Centre d’Art, Auroville March 2023 Cedric Bregnard is Artist in Residence at the Centre d’Art in Auroville. Over the next 2 months, he will take a photograph of the banyan tree in the Matrimandir garden. This photograph will then be scaled to the size of a wall (approximately 3x7m) in the gallery. Residents of Auroville are invited to trace light and shadow on the bark, the leaves, the roots, in ink…
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Learn more about the artists and their inspiring practices in Pondycherry. Discover the visual language and spiritual depth of the art landscape around Auroville. Immerse yourself in the world of art beyond the conception of representation and discover the vibration of the senses. Learn how Deleuze’s thinking and the Kena Upanishads are interwoven. Let the question of the body without organs inspire you and discover the boundaries of the physical body.
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This text clarifies the misunderstanding that art is supposed to be a representation. Art is not communication but a unique experience.
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Learn how a colorful character in the seminar questions systematic scholarship and finally takes refuge in aesthetic theory.
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Amitabh Sengupta’s works display a broad spectrum of styles and reflect the challenges faced by Indian artists in the 20th century. A major exhibition of his works is currently on view at the Kalakendra Art Gallery. Learn more about his influences and his significance for the Indian art scene.
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