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(1998)Journal ArticleThe purpose of my visit to Kyoto in July, 1993 was to experience first hand the dynamic spatial qualities of Zen Buddhist gardens. In particular, I intended to investigate the different dimensions of space described by the words ku and ma. The word ku means "emptiness", or "void", and refers to 'one of the core concepts of Mahayana Buddhism and Japanese Buddhist thought', that 'denies any distinction between existence and non existence, but posits that both exist simultaneously in the state of ku'. A second reading of ku 'means "sky" which implies 'the universe and the infinite. Therefore ku represents a view of the universe which embraces all contradictions and paradoxes'.
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(1997)Journal ArticleThe village of Hampi in Karnataka was once Vijayanagar, City of Victory. Sited on the sacred Tungabhadra River it was the residence of a dynasty of Hindu kings who ruled over a fabulously powerful empire from the 14th century until 1565, when the city was sacked by Mogul invaders. It was never re-built. During January, 1996, I visited Hampi as part of my travels around Southern India to analyse the poetic, spatial qualities characteristic of Hindu temples as a reference for my work as an installation artist. The principal element of expression of the installation artist could be said to be the articulation of space. My primary purpose was to analyse and document the nonrepresentational, formal elements by which sacred Hindu spatiality is culturally encoded; how the Hindu architects have added in particular ways to the creative language of the corporeal, architectural, mythical, sculptural. The proposition of cultural and historical precedents for this sculptural genre, often described as uniquely contemporary, is of interest to me also.
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