FULBRIGHT RESEARCH / FILM SCREENING AND TALKBACK
Tuesday March 10, 7:30 pm, Room 106, Fine Arts Building
In Search of Mandalas in the Himalayas
Artist and experimental filmmaker Eva Lee presents her Fulbright research on 10th-12th c. Buddhist mandalas conducted in ancient Tibetan monasteries of Spiti, Lahaul, and Ladakh. Discussion of their aesthetic structure and sacred purpose, with photos and exclusive videos of temple interiors such as Tabo Monastery’s main temple, the famed Tsug Lhakhang, and others. Ms. Lee will screen her latest experimental film inspired by her travels and study of Buddhist philosophy. Eva Lee lives and works in Ridgefield, Connecticut.
Free and Open to the Public, this presentation is co-sponsored by the Asian and American Studies Institute and India Studies. For more information please contact Kathryn Myers (Department of Art and Art History, Affiliate Faculty of Asian and Asian American Studies Institute) at kathryn.myers@uconn.edu.
For more information, contact: Kathryn Myers at Kathryn.Myers@uconn.edu