Adi Da Up Close
Audio/Video Library

Devotee Ben Grisso, who grew up in the Adidam community, and who worked with Adi Da on His Divine Image-Art, offers this testimonial to Adi Da's life and work.

Excerpt from Second Evening: Track 11 on the DVD, A Tribute to the Life and Work of His Divine Presence, Adi Da Samraj. More than 7 hours long, this Tribute DVD was filmed on the occasion of the first Anniversary of Adi Da's Divine Mahasamadhi, when devotees, family, and friends of Adi Da Samraj gathered at Adi Da Samrajashram, Fiji (Adi Da's principal Hermitage), to acknowledge Adi Da as the Divine in human form, to praise His Greatness, and to express their heart-felt gratitude for the Blessings they have received from Him.

A list of all the tracks on this DVD can be found here.

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Achille Bonito Oliva speaks (Italian) at the opening of Adi Da Samraj's solo exhibition, 'Orpheus and Linead', at Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York - September 9, 2010. Translated by Teresa Romero.

"Adi Da has a flexibility in his expression that encompasses all the art forms and techniques of the East and West. His work is a multiplication of space in time and time in space.... He's like a barman shaking Western space in the fluidity of Eastern concepts and forms. Adi Da wants to ultimately affirm art as a form of, a spiritual representation of the Divine nature of man, which can articulate a new vision of space and a new vision of time. This relationship between the East and West is very important. In a historical moment such as this, it is important to affirm, as a fundamental value of art at this time, the coexistence of differences."

Tags: Sundaram Tagore Gallery   Achille Bonito Oliva   Orpheus Linead   Image-Art  

Adi Da Samraj creating the Orpheus One and Linead One suites. Accompanied by Adi Da talking about His Image-Art. Edited by Carmen Morrow.

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Studio Sessions 2006-2007. Pictures and video clips of Adi Da at work on His Image-Art and His Art being transported, installed, and exhibited. Accompanied by Adi Da talking about His Image-Art.

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"Transcendental Realism" at the 2007 Venice Biennale, and at the Cenacolo di Ognissanti in Florence, 2008.

Narrator: Stuart Gibson

Tags: Image-Art   Stuart Gibson   Gary Coates   Venice Biennale   Cenacolo di Ognissanti   Florence  

A celebration of the emergence of the "Bright" in the world. Featuring Adi Da's Image-Art, accompanied by the music of rock group, Swaybone, led by devotee, Theo Cedar Jones.

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This is an improvisation that took place in July 2008 on the island of Naitauba, Fiji. On this occasion, we were playing while Adi Da Samraj was working on His Divine Image-Art. It was truly a blissful and ecstatic time.

The music is from John Wubbenhorst's and Otto Probst's CD, Breath of Devotion.

Tags: Facing East   John Wubbenhorst   Otto Probst   Kalimba   chant   Naitauba   CD  

The Florence Dance Company performs Quattro Maggiore ("Four Seasons") live at Teatro Goldoni. Music by Vivaldi, art by Adi Da.

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Keith Ferrone, director of the Florence Dance Company, introduces the ballet, Quattro Maggiore ("Four Seasons"): Adi Da Samraj for Vivaldi, in a packed auditorium with 1,300 guests, on January 30, 2010. Music by Vivaldi, art by Adi Da. The performance is in celebration of the 125th Anniversary of the newspaper, 'Il Resto del Carlino'.

Tags: Dance   Florence Dance Company   image-art   Vivaldi  

Dr. Cristina Acidini (the Superintendent of the Authority for Cultural Heritage and State Museums in Florence, Italy) speaks about the exhibition of Adi Da Samraj's image-art at the Cenacolo di Ognissanti, February 2008.

Tags: image-art   Artist   Spirituality   Florence   Cenacolo di Ognissanti  

Dr. Monica Bietti (Director of the Museum of the Medici Chapels, formerly with the Superintendency of Artistic Heritage of Bologna and Florence) speaks about the exhibition of Adi Da Samraj's image-art at the Cenacolo di Ognissanti, February 2008.

Tags: Image-Art   Spirituality   Cenacolo di Ognissanti   Monica Bietti  

Interviews from the opening reception for Transcendental Realism at the LA Contemporary Gallery, August 2008.

Tags: Image-Art   Transcendental Realism   spirituality   LA Contemporary Gallery  

Adi Da Samraj in the process of creating His artistic work, 2000-2004.

Tags: Image-Art   photography  

Portfolio of complex photographic imagery by Adi Da Samraj, 2000-2004.

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Interviews and overview of Adi Da's solo exhibition at the Cenacolo di Ognissanti in Florence, Italy, in 2008.

Narrator: Stuart Gibson

Tags: Image-Art   Florence   Cenacolo di Ognissanti   Christina Acidini   Monica Bietti   Gary Coates   Paula Crema