Home is a Circle
A video installation for the culminating exhibition of The Himalayan Fellowship for Creative Practitioners (2024-25) curated by the Foundation of Indian Contemporary Art (FICA) and supported by Royal Enfield.
Concept, research and writing: Kesang Thakur
Filming and editing: Carlo Ghidini
Paintings: Krishna Tashi Palmo
Preliminary editing: Panagiotis Papafragkos
Sugili song: Usha Dogra
Studio voice: Sarla Thakur
Jetsun Drolma Mantra: Nuns at Pangan Monastery
Mandala original concept: Elizabeth Anne Stutchbury
Mandala digital illustration: Tashi Karpa
Translation and subtitling: Sarla Thakur, Kesang Thakur
Academic references:
The Holy Land Reborn: Pilgrimage and the Tibetan Reinvention of Buddhist India by Toni Huber (2008)
Rediscovering Western Tibet: Gonpa, Chorten and the continuity of Practice with a Tibetan Buddhist Community in the Indian Himalaya by Elizabeth Anne Stutchbury (1991)