TWILIGHT LANGUAGE: Ambiguity, Contradiction or Paradox of the Moments between Darkness and Light
BAM!, "Agati (Coming)", 210 x 297 mm, $90
First Round / The Original Series: featured BAM! (Painting, Photography & Writing), CHRIS MATTHEWS ('Twilight Music'), AMOS MANN ('Ear Worms') & STEVE RUSAK (All New / Original Music), TANIA ROBINSON (Video), NGODUP (Mixed media), JAMPA STUART (Painting), HAMISH KILGOUR ('Daubings'), KIM PIETERS (Film), MASTER MULLIN (Photography), SANDRA BELL (New Music + Installation), GRANT RAMSAY (Soundworks), JOHN WHITE (Music), ALAN STARRETT (Music), BEN WEBB (Mixed Media), JOHN BILLINGTON (Film), DAVID EGGLETON (Spoken Word), WILLIAM CORDOVA (Painting), INGE RIEBE (Photography), JOHANNES CONTAG ('Twilight Drone' Ambient Film), SCOTT VERBERNE (Photography), ROSMARIE MULLER (Photography), CHRISSIE JACKSON (Photography) & More Friends.
PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS:
"DREAM FOOD":
GRANT RAMSEY "Music for Tender Buttons" ("I know there is a moment when sound slips down the torn lining of itself into silence, is carried unheard and secret in it’s own pocket"...quote/Janet Frame)
SANDRA BELL & ALAN STARRETT - "Between, Between Now and Then, Tomorrow and Yesterday" (New Composition for Farfisa / Piano Organ)
JOHN WHITE - "Mysterious Shadow of Sporadic Minstrels" (Tune in and tune out to the delectable flavours of cosmic improvisation.)
"FLOATING BUBBLES": All Ages
Our positive thoughts are released into the sky as bubbles. This ephemeral offering is to raise awareness of the ongoing human rights abuses in Tibet, and for those oppressed and struggling for freedom.
"TWILIGHT MUSIC" - All new, original compositions by CHRIS MATTHEWS
"EAR WORMS" - Catchy tunes that want to eat into your brain - by AMOS MANN
Both Compositions performed with STEVE RUSAK
plus: DAVID EGGLETON "12 MINUTES" Spoken Word
"Twilight Music" Interview with Chris Matthews from Dunedin's Channel 9
TWILIGHT LANGUAGE -
Intended to imply or suggest something quite different from conventional meaning. Expression in the manner of twilight;
Inge Riebe, "Boudha", 210 x 297 mm
Revealing knowledge that is subtle and inaccessible to logic
In the brief interlude before it fades.
BAM!, "Madana, (Intoxication)", 210 x 297 mm, $90
TWILIGHT LANGUAGE (or "Diamond Song")
Used in a remarkable group of songs/verses called the Dohas.
Written by mahasiddhas from the eighth to twelfth centuries,
‘Twilight Language’ expressions like “Om Mani Padme Hum”
Can now be heard on "Twilight Music" on our site’s player.
BAM! , "Vola, (Gum Myrrh)", 210 x 297, $90
TWILIGHT LANGUAGE ('samdhyabasa', Skt.): Opaque, hidden, ambiguous, almost indecipherable.
The ground for tacit meaning.
BAM! , "Milana, (Meeting)", 210 x 297 mm, $90
THE TWILIGHTS ARE TWO
That of morning and that of evening, The sensitive points in the temporal flow.
BAM!, "Vajra, (Thunderbolt)", 210 x 297 mm, $90
Reaching the joy swollen land
Powers of seeing expand,
And there is joy and laughter;
Even chasing objects there is no separation.
Excerpt / "Dohakosa of Saraha"
(translated by Kunzang Tenzin, Kathmandu)
BAM! , "Bala, (Strength)", 210 x 297 mm, $90
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Twilight Language on-site & events
JOHANNES CONTAG - 'Sleepytime - Triangles in the Snow'
Any enquiry about 'Twilight Drone' or wish to purchase?
Copies of the full DVD+CD for $25 NZD -
Contact: jcontag@paradise.net.nz
"Tupa y Los Conquistadores" by WILLIAM CORDOVA
HELP NEEDED:
for Tibetan children at Mundgod, India
for 231 monks who live at Pema T'sal & nearby monasteries.
(Shown celebrating Dalai Lama receiving the Congressional Medal of Honor).
Please contact: sangye@aol.com for further details
Vikramasila Foundation
289 Brookside Avenue
Cresskill, NJ 07626
Vikramasila Foundation is a non-profit, charitable 501 (c) (3) organization.
The tax ID is: 222-998-005/000
They will be happy to send a receipt.
The Flame of a Lamp, Fireflies, Smoke, Mirage:
sounds of hands clapping....thank you very much!!!
THE FILTH MUSEUM/MUSEO DE LA SUCIEDAD: A search for humanity inside an anonymous prison./ Buscando la humanidad dentro de una cárcel anónima. Images: Dominique Leyva Music: Moriarty y Calaña The Filth Museum
Yes, I am moved into my new house (still feeling a little staggered out, though Im sure I will feel more settled soon). and I will be coming to see you all in the next couple of months, for sure. I am waaayyyy overdue for a visit and am missing everyone too much to drag my feet much more :)
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Feel free to stop by any time!... If you want the News Of Import™, we need a regular e-mail to send it to... Try as we might, the formatting gets trashed when we try to post it here...
And thou shalt know of things unknown, If thou wilt let me rest between The veiny lids, whose fringe is thrown Over thine eyes so dark and sheen: And half in hope, and half in fright, The Lady closed her eyes so bright.
Hello Twilight Language Thank you very much for your friendship I wish you a MERRY CHRISTMAS And a HAPPY NEW YEAR Keep up the good work Cheers and Respect :) Global Beat
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