At 6pm, the gathering will sit down together in the historic Villa to enjoy “Love & Voice,” an evening of music and poetry celebrating both our current exhibition L O V E, and the many different ways love touches our lives, featuring work by dancer/musician/performance artist Dohee Lee, New York-based poet Simon Pettet, and Bay Area poet Stephanie Young.
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This, the final chapter of San Jose State University Film Production Society's documentary about Tiffany Singh’s social practice artwork The Bells of Mindfulness, documents the sourcing of bells. Seeking to inspire conversations about the importance of improving equity in international trade, Singh worked with Fair Trade stores Indika and Global Exchange to purchase 1000 bells from rural artisans in western India.
Singh sees her art practice as a way to create a bridge between marginalized communities. Arising from a deep interest in anthropology and sociology, her works engage wide publics, and frequently seek to generate awareness about social issues and concerns.
This week’s chapter of San Jose State University Film Production Society's documentary about Tiffany Singh's The Bells of Mindfulness project illustrates the arrival of the components at the persimmon tree. The work was installed color by color, starting with the base chakra red and moving round the tree to finish at the crown chakra purple. The dyed twine was tied to the tree then cut at the right height, each strand with a bell and paper cranes then attached to it. The finished installation created a sort of giant natural sun dial—the sun hit the colors at different times of the day, making the tree glow in rainbow hues. The whole installation took 12 days to complete. Singh sends a huge “thank you!” to all the volunteers that took part in creating this work. “It truly was a beautiful thing to see it realized,” she says. To view the other seven installments of this video series, visit The Bells of Mindfulness page.
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