EVENTI ARTISTICI PARALLELI
PADIGLIONE TIBET, 6 LUGLIO
Tulkus, the mystic incarnations of Tibet
by Piero Verni and Giampietro Mattolin
Tulkus are those spiritual teachers who choose to return to the world, lifetime after lifetime, in order to help living beings. This tradition of mystic reincarnation is peculiar to Vajrayana Buddhism, the form of Buddha's teaching found in Tibet, the Himalayan regions and Mongolia. Although it has deep roots in the culture of these countries, outside of the Tibetan sphere this tradition has often been misunderstood.
The aim of “
Tulkus, the mystic incarnations of Tibet” is to give the reader, using clear and simple language, a comprehensive picture of what the tulku tradition actually involves and how it interacts with the societies in which it is found. Also drawing on numerous interviews granted to the authors by the Dalai Lama and
other important Buddhist lamas, this book reconstructs the history, the religious and ethnic context, the current state and the future of this fundamental component of Tibetan civilisation.
Of particular interest are the chapters dedicated to the life of the sixth Dalai Lama (the most unorthodox of the entire lineage) and to the childhood of the current fourteenth incarnation, before he was recognised and enthroned in Lhasa as the highest authority in Tibet. A clear picture of Tibet and the places in which tulkus exercise their spiritual function emerges from both the text of this book and the impressive collection of photographs enhancing it.
TIBET PAVILION, 6th OF JULY 2015
ARTISTIC AND INTERCULTURAL EVENTS
by Angela Zenato
The evening of July 6th, the Tibet Pavilion celebrated the eightieth birthday of the Dalai Lama, in a space soon revealed as a magical round table. I found myself in a ever changing context, hosting eclectic artistic events: from the metaphysical dance performance by Ksette, at sunset, to the deep and powerful notes by Alberto Fortis, transforming the inner space in a small greek theatre, where the beauty of the souls remind me an incredible ancient universal energy. The leading line -
the Tibetan heritage and the inter cultural reflections - was focused on the repression and freedom needs, expressed through contemporary art, videos, performance and meetings, brought to the fore in a minimalist and holy architecture.
The Tibet Pavilion,“the never-never country's pavilion”, represents the perfect connection between East and West culture, a laboratory of ideas and a place in which sharing thoughts. Thanks to these purposes, art becomes a transcontinental language, bringing us images of different livings almost it was a prayer talking about Salvation. One of the most significant performance was the contemporary dance elaboration, surrounded by the evening lights out of the Pavilion, where the movements looked like unexpressed questions, slowly dancing on the stone square, speaking about repetition, forced actions and violence. Is that Water composed by tears? Does it refer to the Passion, or to a tired, sacrificed body, which is lashed against the raw reality? Such a silent performance was not only a dance exhibition, but also a theatre, out of the church, acted on a blue square, painted by a deep nocturnal sky and the blue water a round. The movements found their shadows repeated on the stonewall, multiplying the unspoken questions.
Look the event of July 6, 2015
Tibet Pavilion event parallel at the Venice Biennale 56
dance performance
of Ksette
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