In the essay "The Eight Bardos", Khenchen Konchog Gyaltshen writes “Bardo is a Tibetan word. The first syllable, bar, means “in between”; the second syllable, do, means “two.” So together, they mean “place in between two.” While the bardo between lives is the most well known, the word can be used to indicate a state between any two things: hungry and full, happiness and suffering, delusion and enlightenment, laughing and crying, this life and the next, or between meditation sessions. Our life constantly plays out in between.” Cement Bardo pieces are activated by the feedback between video, audio, action, and perception of phenomena.

Reflection Cement Bardo

Cement, video, water, electronics

2024

Video stills from Reflection Cement Bardo

Infinite Cement Bardo

Cement, wood, video, electronics

2024

Video stills from Infinite Cement Bardo

Collective drawings from day 1 and 2 of installation at TCMOFA