Body, Time, Ritual—Performance Art and Zen Practice
Lyu Wen
Academic Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences 2023 DOI: 10.25236/ajhss.2023.060520 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Buddhism |
| Key points | Argues that performance art based on body, time, and ritual can enable artists to achieve a life experience similar to that of a Zen practitioner beyond the rational dimension, and that performance art practice and Zen practice share a common path toward the realm of "perfection of consciousness and action." |
Abstract
Performance art based on the three elements of body, time and ritual can enable artists to achieve a life experience similar to that of a Zen practitioner beyond the rational dimension. This essay first explains the relationship between performance art and Zen practice from the perspective of author's own artistic practice, then analyses how artists can achieve the state of Zen through performance practice in terms of the three dimensions of body, time and ritual in relation to the works of Marina Abramović, Xie Deqing and He Yunchang respectively, and goes on to argue that performance art practice and Zen practice have something in common, namely, the path to the realm of “perfection of consciousness and action”.
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