S-va-ha; CC Liu, Amber Larson, Wisdom Quarterly; S-va-ha Contemporary Buddhist Art
Ceremony for Fukushima anniversary
Ceremony for Second Anniversary of 3.11 at Fukushima,
May 2013. The contemporary Buddhist art unit, "S-va-ha," visited the
Beach in Iwaki City, Fukushima. Passing some deserted houses hit by the
tsunami, with some repaired and being lived in again, we reached the
beach.
As we stepped onto the sand, we felt some hidden pressure. We
made a sand mound, erected a sand and wood stupa (reliquary
mound), and laid out a floral tribute to help the departed cross over
successfully.
Kawakami Shugyo, Hirabayashi Yukihisa, artists and
Buddhist priests, chanted a sutra. The female performer Tetta invoked
Buddhist
bodhisattvas ("saints," those aspiring for supreme enlightenment who have vowed to help all others reach the same liberation) and performed
Butoh for the departed. We tried to fulfill the possibility that contemporary art can connect to ancient Buddhism and composed
Butoh
and Buddhist chants to be of service to the departed. We made an art
film to open entitled "Ceremony for 2nd Anniversary of 3.11" (
video below).
VIDEO: Fukushima Ceremony
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