SHEN XIN 沈莘

  • Michael, a Buddhist, white man with dark hair and glasses wearing a white shirt and black suit, holding sheets of paper, standing in front of a group of seated people, behind him a screen used for projection is lit white.
  • the camera here is focused on a few people in a crowd of seated people, their eyes are closed, following the instruction of a meditation.
  • a group of people gathered in the screening room at Chisenhale Gallery, watching a screen showing over layered images in red, of stock market numbers fluctuating.

Forms Escape: Prologue

36:22 / 3 channel video installation / colour / stereo / HD / performative event / 2016

Three London-based practitioners of Tibetan Buddhism were invited to speak about what could be regarded as afflictions of contemporary capitalism’s relationship with power, specifically on appropriation, objectification and exploitation.

Speakers: Asia Bogdanska, Anna Moroz, Michael Stott

Camera and Edit: Shen Xin

Photo: Hanna Katrina Jedrosz

With special thanks to: Christian Eichinger, Simina Neagu, Lama Jampa Thaye, Dechen Buddhist Centres London and Diamond Way Buddhist Meditation Centre. Commissioned by Chisenhale Gallery, London.

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