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 [...]
Retinal Art and the Ruins of Representation: Revisiting Plato's Cave and the Notion of Rasa in the Natyashastra Christoph Kluetsch "Something in the world forces us to think. This something is not an object of recognition, but a fundamental encounter." Gilles Deleuze - Difference and repetition p. 139 "Minds exist only in relation to other [...]
Während des Chola-Reiches wurde das Layout der Shiva-Tempel stark formalisiert. Basierend auf den Agamas und Shastras wurde der Tempel vollständig zu einem Ort in Raum, Zeit und Bewusstsein entwickelt, an dem sich das Mikrokosmos und das Makrokosmos gegenseitig spiegeln. Das Studium des Irumbai-Tempels als kleinerer Tempel, der den strengen Regeln des Tempelbaus folgt und als […]
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