February 5-9, 2014
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The Quandra Loka Suite
Adi Da describes the Quandra Loka Suite
as being of "indefinite length". It is a vast Suite
comprised of over 21,000 images. Here are just a few. The
first three are the ones on exhibit at the 2014 RAW Art Fair
— this is the first time they have been shown in public.
Click on images to view enlargements.
from the Quandra Loka Suite
(© 2014 ASA)
from the Quandra Loka Suite
(© 2014 ASA)
from the Quandra Loka Suite
(© 2014 ASA)
Quandra Loka #304
Triptych, face mounted pigment prints, 59 x 118 in / 150 x
300cm
(© 2012 ASA)
Quandra Loka — a suite of interrelated photographs with a single overarching subject matter — was created by Adi Da in 2002-2003. Quandra Loka represents the pinnacle of Adi Da's photographic method. Almost all of the images in this suite are complex multiple exposures, typically involving more than two (and even as many as ten or more) superimposed layers. He created each of these multi-exposed images entirely in camera, mostly underwater, without the use of artificial lighting and the aid of any digital or darkroom manipulation. As a result, His works are of a contemplative and enigmatic character.
Adi Da writes about His Quandra Loka Suite:
Quandra Loka is a visual meditation on a very
simple circumstance: a woman in and near a pool of water.
Narcissus, the archetype of ego, gazes at his own reflection
in a pond, never able to contact the "object" of his
self-enamored affection. But Quandra, the true beloved,
is one with the water itself, whether in or out of the
pool.
I shot the majority of the images in Quandra Loka
underwater, or with the camera lens partially submerged
in water, so that the water functions as a vast and
subtly complex lens, achieving visual results not possible
by any technical means. The images are made by a "technique"
that requires continuous participation in the living
instant of the photographic situation — sensitive to
the constantly changing sunlight conditions, the ever-shifting
minute movements of the subject, and even my own ability
to stay submerged underwater. This "method" is beyond
conceptual effort, beyond conventions of control in
the ordinary sense, beyond point of view. This process
of generating images — involving absolute awareness
of every detail of what is occurring and (simultaneously)
an intuitive trust in allowing the ultimately unpredictable
process to take place — is a means of allowing reality
to be self-manifested.
I intend these images to "picture" the unity of the
undifferentiated reality from which all appearances
emerge in a constant flow of changes. The entire span
of human possibilities is reflected in these images
— both "positive" and "negative." But all possibilities
are seen in the context of that inherent unity or indivisible
space. The positives and the negatives are all transcended,
rather than any attempt being made to render them acceptable
in and of themselves.
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Related links:
Galerie Pien Rademakers
Galerie
Pien Rademakers is presenting works from Adi
Da Samraj's Quandra Loka Suite, at the 2014 RAW
Art Fair in Rotterdam.
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Pien Rademakers
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Galerie Pien Rademakers exhibition
Stand 9
2014 RAW Art Fair
dates: February 5-9, 2014
address: Cruise Terminal
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
web address: here
(tickets can be purchased on this site)
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Pien Rademakers also exhibited works from Adi Da's Quandra
Loka in 2012 and 2013. In the following video interview,
she talks about that experience.
The 2014 RAW Art Fair
The Cruise Terminal in Rotterdam, location
of the 2014 RAW Art Fair
RAW is an independent art fair with a festive atmosphere. Initiated by Bob Smith in 2012, RAW was created as an
Art Fair that would combine traditional "Art Fair" art with entertainment: providing a place of intersection for the general
public, art lovers, art buyers, and art viewers.
RAW Art Fair 2014 is a lively mix of visual arts, photography, design, music, plants, art talks, videos and performances.
The galleries show many solo exhibitions and in the open spaces
of this industrial heritage large sculptural works will be on display. The entrance floor will house the Event Space with a bar, lounge,
podiums, video installations and sculptures and is open to the public.
The Cruise Terminal in Rotterdam, location
of the 2014 RAW Art Fair
The 2014 RAW Art Fair
The 2014 RAW Art Fair
The 2014 RAW Art Fair
The 2014 RAW Art Fair
The Galerie Pien Rademakers Exhibition
at the 2014 RAW Art Fair
Click on images to view enlargements.
Galerie Pien Rademakers Exhibition at RAW 2014
(photo courtesy Galerie
Pien Rademakers)
Galerie Pien Rademakers Exhibition at RAW 2014
(photo courtesy DaPlastique)
Galerie Pien Rademakers Exhibition at RAW 2014
(photo courtesy DaPlastique)
Galerie Pien Rademakers Exhibition at RAW 2014
(photo courtesy Galerie
Pien Rademakers)
Galerie Pien Rademakers Exhibition at RAW 2014
(photo courtesy DaPlastique)
Galerie Pien Rademakers Exhibition at RAW 2014
(photo courtesy DaPlastique)
Galerie Pien Rademakers Exhibition at RAW 2014
(photo courtesy DaPlastique)
Galerie Pien Rademakers Exhibition at RAW 2014
(photo courtesy Galerie
Pien Rademakers)
Galerie Pien Rademakers Exhibition at RAW 2014
(photo courtesy DaPlastique)
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