this body is so impermanent…
A film featuring singer Ganavya, calligrapher Wang Dongling, and dancer Michael Schumacher who during COVID lockdown, created an hour-long meditation on the visionary, radiant Vimalakirti Sutra, a Buddhist text from the first century CE. A businessman, having chosen a path of illness towards spiritual awakening, teaches the visitors at his deathbed with depth and penetration: how to face life with no illusions. The artists, across three continents and three artforms, interpret the text individually and collaboratively, sharing a story of acute pain, deep healing, and radical transformation.
- Year: 2021
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- Studio: UCLA Boethius Initiative, Fisher Center at Bard
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- Director: Peter Sellars
- Cast: Ganavya Doraiswamy, Michael Schumacher, Dongling Wang