June 21 — IMA features “Mare Fecunditatis,” an inter-cultural celebration of Summer Solstice
Get your pagan groove going at the Museum with a celebration of the solstice that fuses East and West, the traditional and the novel … and features flying arrows!
When: Saturday June 21, 8:30 PM
Where: Indianapolis Museum of Art, Lilly House Allee
Donation suggested
Says the IMA about this fascinating event:
Venture to the IMA grounds in the moon’s full phase to mark the solstice with a purifying performance. Conceived by artist and zen archer Hirokazu Kosaka, Mare Fecunditatis ("sea of fertility") features choreographer and Japanese Butoh performer Oguri and cellist Emily Corwin. The experiential performance, including primal music, a single arrow shot, and a searchlight with the power of 12 million candles, blends traditional rites of purification from Japan with classical and contemporary Western influences. Presented in part by the IMA Asian Art Society.
Artist Hirokazu Kosaka is a Buddhist priest of the Shingon sect and a master Zen Archer. This will not be his first IMA appearance. His performance opening the IMA’s Asian galleries two years ago. Watch this:
This video provoked some controversy among kyudo archery devotees: is it really authentic, or is it ripping a religious ceremony out of its cultural context in order to entertain gaijin?
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