Tuesday, 20 March 2012

Darren Almond Exhibition - Sometimes Still

Site Festival launch and opening exhibition on

Saturday 5th May 6–9pm

Brunel Goods Shed, Stroud, Gloucestershire GL5 3AP

Sometimes Still is a six screen high-definition video Darren Almond filmed on Mt. Hiei near Kyoto, Japan over several years. This will be the first time it is shown in the UK. Almond follows a Tendai monk, during a nightly marathon, as he engages with the Buddhist process of Kaihōgyō
; a seven year feat of physical and mental endurance by which these monks attempt to reach a state of enlightenment.



After party 9pm–3am
SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA

Exhibition dates: 5th–10th May
Saturday 10am–3pm, Sunday–Wednesday 11am–7pm, Thursday 11am–9pm

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