Suspending space and time
The body seen under the lens of the Japanese concept of Ma
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https://doi.org/10.35699/2237-5864.2019.16126Keywords:
Ma space, Body, Creative processAbstract
Ma means emptiness, space, time or pause and its origin is correlated to the ideas of transience and incompleteness of Zen-Buddhist aesthetics. More than a concept, Ma is a modus operandi in Japanese daily life which illustrates an interval of space-time available for the materialization of potential events and where an endless number of sign combinations may occur. In this article, we will address the application of Ma as the guiding principle of the creation, as well as of the appreciation of works in the field of the arts of the body. The body will be treated as a body-in-process in total availability for interaction with other media in the production of meaning.
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