SAMADHI

by Jordan BELSON
1967 / color / sound / 1S / 5' 00

Samadhi evokes the ecstatic state achieved by the meditator where individual consciousness merges with the Universal.

The film is inspired by the principles of yogic meditation: the movement of consciousness towards samadhi (union of subject and object), the fusion of atma (breath and mind), a state which reveals the divine force of kundalini, a bright white light we discover at the end of Samadhi. The Tibetan Book of The Dead is the inspiration behind Belson’s use of colour in Samadhi, corresponding to descriptions of the elements of Earth, Fire, Air and Water in the book.

-Sophie Pinchetti



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