New Spirits – Reading Deleuze in India
Consciousness exists only in connection with other consciousness
Here in Auroville, the people in charge of Bharat Nivas recently removed a play from the program. The reason given was that some in the community had taken offense at it, even before it was performed. This raises questions. What may art do, when is a ban justified? Bound up with this, of course, is the question: what is the task of art, what should art do? The question invites reflection on the role of art in general, here in…
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What would a world look like without the focal point of a lens? Our eyes have a lens that gathers the light, focuses it on a plane, so that the retina can receive this focused image—as an image on a plane. The rays of light are captured by receptors and passed on to the brain. This vibration of the nerve cells is transcribed into another vibration, that of consciousness. This principle was copied in the camera obscura and the cinematograph…
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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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Recently a friend asked me about the relationship between Eastern and Western culture. Of course that is an enormous question, one I also ask myself and one that, of course, no one can really answer. But I want to formulate a few thoughts: Distance From an Imagined Center Facing the ‘Western’ world, based on classical antiquity, Christianity, the Enlightenment and materialism, is the Occidental world of the Assyrians and Persians, of Islam and the conception of a divinely guided polity.…
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Discover the significance of the five senses and learn how proprioception as a possible sixth sense constitutes a revolution. Immerse yourself in the world of perception and consciousness. #Philosophy
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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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