Name: this body is so impermanent…
Released: 17 Mar 2021
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Cast: Ganavya Doraiswamy, Michael Schumacher, Dongling Wang

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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

Studio UCLA Boethius Initiative, Fisher Center at Bard

Director Peter Sellars

Crew Samantha Uber (Visual Effects), Peter Sellars (Producer), Jason Silverman (Producer), Cathy Teixeira (Producer), Diane J. Malecki (Executive Producer), Gideon Lester (Executive Producer)

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