Art Before Theory (short summary) Christoph Kluetsch This lecture is the final one in my winter series. I have given six lectures so far, and I have been challenging myself throughout. Today, I am taking on my biggest challenge yet. I have been exploring topics that interest me—topics that represent a collision between Western art […]
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 […]
During the Chola Empire, the layout of Shiva temples was formalized to a great degree. Based on the Agamas and Shastras, the temple was fully developed into a place in space, time, and consciousness where the microcosm and macrocosm mirror each other. When a temple is built, a site will be chosen, and it has […]
Gerade komme ich von einer Andachtsmeditation zurück. Es ist der Jahrestag von Sri Aurobindo. Er hat vor 72 Jahren seinen Körper verlassen, wie man hier sagt. Ich habe die letzten Tage viel über seine Kommentare der Kena Upanischad nachgedacht und gesprochen. Ich stieß da auf das Wort ‚intermiscence‘. Es wird fast nur von Aurobindo verwendet. […]