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NANOMANDALA:The purposeful arrangement of individual atoms bears some resemblance to the methods monks use to laboriously create sand images particle by particle, however, Eastern and Western cultures use these bottom-up building practices with very different perceptions and purposes. This installation incorporates a mandala (a cosmic diagram and ritualistic symbol of the universe, used in Hinduism and Buddhism, which can be translated from Sanskrit as "whole", "circle" or "zero") in conjunction with LACMA East's "Circle of Bliss" exhibition on Nepalese and Tibetan Buddhist Art. Visitors watch as images of a grain of sand are projected in evolving scale from the molecular structure of a single grain to the recognizable image of a pile of sand. On the atomic scale the sand particles are like atoms, but a thousand of times smaller. From a bottom-up method of visual image building, a sand mandala slowly emerges. SOUND:In the mandala space, a meditative soundscape compliments the video projection of sand grains at multiplying scales. The soundtrack component is derived from sounds recorded during the creative process of making the mandala. |
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