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那竭城南半由延，有石室，博山西南向，佛留影此中。去十余步观之，如佛真形。金色相好，光明炳着。转近转微，仿佛如有。诸方国王遣工画师摹写，莫能及。

——法显（337-422）《法显传》

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作为哈佛大学结合人文研究、实验性策展与艺术实践的国际平台，哈佛大学CAMLab在此荣幸宣布旗舰艺术系列项目《影窟》正式进行艺术家征集活动，并将在哈佛大学校园内CAMLab的展览空间等进行持续性线下或线上的展出。

Video Introduction to the “Shadow Cave” Project

项目概念

哈佛大学中国艺术实验室《影窟》项目艺术家公开招募崇真艺客

《影窟》灵感源自约公元400年的佛教艺术核心神话。据传在犍陀罗古国的那竭城（今阿富汗），佛祖释迦牟尼曾踊身跃入悬崖边洞窟中，留下 “佛影”。“佛影”从远处看像镜子一样光芒四射，一旦靠近却则消失于岩壁的表面。

此后，随着经文和朝圣者的传播，“佛影窟”启发了亚洲各地千年来造像和造窟。信徒们透过禅修冥想追寻“佛影”，在敦煌、龙门和麦积山等地塑造自己的“影窟”，将物理空间转化为心灵剧场。

本项目旨在探讨“佛影窟”对于当代艺术、媒体科技和博物馆学等领域的启示，并试图从跨越历史和文化语境的角度阐释其中重要命题，包括图像和视觉的本质、审美体验中的戏剧性和仪式感、以及作品与空间、原型与复制、感官与想象、物质与神性的关系等。

关于影窟传说和文本的讨论，请参考汪悦进教授（Eugene Wang）所作《窟中佛影：关于佛像的论述》（The Shadow Image in the Cave: Discourse on Icons），载于《中世纪早期中国资料手册》（Early Medieval China Sourcebook），Wendy Swartz编辑（纽约：哥伦比亚大学出版社，2014年），405-427页。

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申请方式

本次征集活动面向个人或群体艺术家，媒介（实体、数字、音乐或其他）不限。

请将您的申请材料以单个PDF文件的形式同时发送至arielhou@harvardcamlab.com与alanyeung@harvardcamlab.com，邮件标题请注明“影窟”及姓名。

申请材料应包括以下内容：

简历
自选作品集
500字说明，阐述创作理念与影窟的关系（中英不限）
拟议作品的示意图或说明图（可选）

申请将于2022年7月至2022年11月期间分三批审议，截止日期如下：

第一批：2022年7月31日
第二批：2022年9月30日
第三批：2022年11月31日

合作方式

根据作品媒介，CAMLab与艺术家的合作可以远程形式展开。艺术家将透过与《影窟》项目组的持续对话，对文本进行深入研究，并从中发掘与个人创作实践之共鸣。

《影窟》项目为系列作品，每位艺术家可独立创作亦或与项目中的其他艺术家合作。

此外，艺术家将享有CAMLab与哈佛大学的学术平台、文化交流等资源。

薪酬

艺术家将获得创作津贴，具体数额可根据创作思路、所用媒介等面议。CAMLab将额外提供用于材料和布展的资金。按照具体情况和需要，CAMLab可以安排访学机会。

展览

《影窟》项目将在位于哈佛大学校园Sackler Building的CAMLab空间举办展览。该系列的作品也将在其他场所进行线上及线下展出，线下场地包括大型艺术节，艺术机构、公共艺术空间等。

联系方式

有关《影窟》项目的咨询或其他具体问题，请联系arielhou@harvardcamlab.com，请将问题或具体事宜总结于邮件标题。

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Half yojana or so south of the Nagarahāra city is a rock cavern amid rolling hills, facing southwest. Here the Buddha left his shadow. Viewed from a distance, [the shadow] appears as if it were the Buddha’s true form—a radiant golden image in full splendor. Upon approach, the image fades into a tantalizing obscurity. Kings of various regions have sent skillful painters to make copies of the image, but none have succeeded.

——Faxian (337-422), Record of Faxian

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CAMLab, a new initiative at Harvard University that combines humanistic research and experimental curatorial and artistic practices, is pleased to announce a call for artists for its flagship project Shadow Cave. Consisting of a series of collaborations between CAMLab and artists, the project will be presented in CAMLab’s exhibition space on Harvard’s campus, and potentially also in other venues and in online formats.

Project Description

Shadow Cave addresses a foundational myth of Buddhist art originating around the year 400 CE in the region of Nagarahāra (in present-day Afghanistan), part of the kingdom of Gandhāra. There the Buddha is said to have leaped into the wall of a cliffside grotto, imprinting on it a “shadow image” that was radiantly reflective like a mirror when seen from afar but disappeared into the rocky surface upon approach.

Popularized by pilgrims’ accounts, eulogies, and meditation manuals, the “shadow image” became an object of yearning for Buddhist devotees, who sought to visualize it in their minds. In sites such as Dunhuang, Longmen, and Maijishan, they shaped caves into their own “shadow caves,” transforming physical space into mental theater. The Shadow Cave became the prototype for a millennium of icon- and cave-making practices across Asia.

This project aims to explore issues inherent in the Shadow Cave and their implications, across cultural and historical contexts, for the contemporary practices and discourses of art, media technology, and museology. These issues include the natures of images and vision; theatricality and ritual in aesthetic experiences; and the dynamics between artwork and space, original and replica and ruin, sensory experience and imagination, materiality and transcendence.

For a discussion of the Shadow Cave lore and its key source texts, please refer to Eugene Wang, “The Shadow Image in the Cave: Discourse on Icons,” in Early Medieval China Sourcebook, ed. Wendy Swartz (New York: Columbia University Press, 2014), 405-427.

This article and additional recommended readings are available at the following website:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1A7CVEtpwcC_j98gcccwVdtGPNa_YwU9y?usp=sharing

Application

Eligibility:

This call to open to individual artists and collectives based in any location and working in any medium, physical or digital.

How to Apply:

Please submit your application as a single PDF file to both arielhou@harvardcamlab.com and alanyeung@harvardcamlab.com.

Each application should include the following:

Current CV
Select images of past works
500-word statement in English or Chinese describing the proposed work and its conceptual relationship to the Shadow Cave lore
Sketches or illustrations of the proposed work

Applications will be considered in three phases with respective deadlines as follows:

Phase 1: July 31, 2022
Phase 2: September 30, 2022
Phase 3: November 31, 2022

Collaboration

The collaboration between CAMLab and accepted artists may take place in person or remotely. In regular dialogue with the project team, artists will engage critically with the source material, and discover aspects within it that resonate with their own practices. While the project team will offer feedback and guidance, artists will maintain creative control over their works.

CAMLab will facilitate access to resources at the lab and at Harvard more generally, including its library collections and online databases, as well as experts in the fields of Buddhist studies and art history.

Additionally, artists within the Shadow Cave project may also choose to collaborate with each other.

Remuneration

Artists will be given a stipend, the amount of which is subject to negotiation. CAMLab will provide additional funding for materials and installation if necessary. If on-site work is necessary, CAMLab may be able to facilitate visitorships to Harvard.

Exhibition

The Shadow Cave project will result in exhibitions in CAMLab’s space located in the Sackler Building on Harvard’s campus. Works in the series may also be presented in other venues, including art festivals, as well as in digital and online formats.

Contact

Please direct inquiries about the Shadow Cave project and requests for additional materials to arielhou@harvardcamlab.com, specifying “Shadow Cave” in the subject line.

哈佛大学CAMLab隶属于哈佛大学文理学院，由哈佛大学洛克菲勒亚洲艺术史终身教授汪悦进 (Eugene Y. Wang) 创立并领衔，是整合尖端学术研究与多媒艺术创意的国际平台，开启文化艺术想象时空的跨界实验地，熔铸精神维度文化体验的艺术展示空间。实验室旨在将前沿学术研究成果化为艺术体验呈现，并以艺术实践催化激活学术研究，是集学术与艺术为一体的创意园和孵化器。

The Harvard CAMLab fosters cutting-edge research, design, and exhibition projects fueled by both humanistic inquiry and multi-sensorial technology. Our innovative and interdisciplinary experiments probe and showcase art and culture through immersive installations, exhibitions, films, digital and print publications, and other multimedia formats. For more information about CAMLab, please visit our website.

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