a_m_m_s in Australia
A collaborative multiple media project has just been launched in Australia, at the University of Technology Sydney.
a_m_m_s: akasha, ma, mu, sunyata
concepts of Asia - Zen, Buddhism, Tantra - interfacing new technologies practices
This is an investigation by Ajaykumar and Alok b. Nandi of processes in new technologies in relation to philosophic, aesthetic and artistic ideas. Akasha, ma, mu, sunyata have multiple resonances, including emptiness-presence, interval, void, space-time. Interventions, installations and publications will enable questioning of the apparent contemporary necessity of ‘inhabiting’ technology in sensible spaces.
a_m_m_s is an acronym for akasha_ma_mu_sunyata.
Akasha, a term in Sanskrit, signifies a space that has presence, amongst other meanings. It corresponds in part with the Japanese term ma, which has multiple resonances, including space-time, an emptiness that has presence, interval, and pause. The Japanese Zen term mu signifies void or nothingness, and has correspondence with the Sanskrit term sunyata, which also could be understood as void or nothingness.
Ajaykumar is an artist and academic at Goldsmiths University of London and Alok Nandi is an independent writer, director and designer.