passive activism
lars schmidt
for regenerative culture
Performances
Just Having Tea (series)
2016 -
Performances happen in various locations
The Way of Tea (Chado), which developed as an artform and a way of life in its own right since the 15th century in Japan, is at the same time a path of knowledge and insight, as it is a Gesamtkunstwerk, a synthesis of artforms.
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I have no doubt that, within ten years, the fundamental Way of Tea will die out.
When it dies out, people in society will believe, on the contrary, that it is flourishing.
The miserable end - when it becomes completely a matter of worldly amusement – is now in sight.
Sen no Rikyu, teamaster, 1589
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Nobodies
4K, w/sound, 2016
"...it is assumed that everything that happens, ranging from earthquakes, to gossip, to murder, to joy, to love, to laughter, and all the rest, is an incredible zig-zag of what might be seem otherwise to be unclassifiable and disordered experience, but is, in fact, all framed within the Shivaite concept of The Dance." - Gregory Bateson
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Placeholder #3
2019
Image: Delia Spatareanu
Directing, Performance & Sound: Cyril Lamar (aka)
"For all those working to defend the sanctity of Earth's precious land and life"
The Placeholder Series are performances and rituals in a public space.
Notions of ‘being in service’, of interrelatedness, and the concept of 'honoring' are at their center.
Placeholder #4 from Cyril Lamar on Vimeo.
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Placeholder #1 from Cyril Lamar on Vimeo.
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Lines #1
2019
Lines #1 from Lars Schmidt on Vimeo.
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What Happens To A World That Kills All Its Wolves?
What Happens To A World That Kills All Its Wolves? from Cyril Lamar on Vimeo.
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Conversation w/ two dogs
HD, silent, 2016
Catalunya / Spain
Conversation w/ two dogs from Lars Schmidt on Vimeo.
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Rivercloud
HD, silent, 2014
Drome Valley / France
Rivercloud from Lars Schmidt on Vimeo.
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A Blanket for the Soil
Drome Valley / France, March 2010
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Conversation with Forest Trail in Winter
Drome Valley / France, March 2010