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Interfaith Video Narratives and Art
Project Proposal

Project Goal - To Create A Video Witnessing Narratives Landscape Across Faith Traditions

In collaboration with art projects by www.Tyler.World

Perennial Wisdom Video Narratives Landsc

Video Narratives Landscape Mockup: Interactive exploration, with intelligent connections between videos

(mobile screen compatible or App) 

Photos from Unsplash: mauro paillex ;  Mohammad Faruque ; Prince Akachi ; Adrien Taylor ; Ikhsan Sugiarto ; Luis Villasmil ; Nith IN ;  SwapnIl Dwivedi

Project Proposal Outline:

 

Video Narratives Landscapes Exploring Spiritual, Transpersonal and Evolutionary Themes

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  • An approach of combining micro-narratives with meta-maps / landscapes

  • Filmed using the witnessing portait method

  • Filmed entirely remotely - no travel or carbon footprint

  • The Perennial Wisdom landscape in the above image providing:

    • A framework for selecting who to film​

    • A guide for the editing process

      • How to "signify" the narratives (see the Sensemaking principles of narrative signification)

      • Identifying how do the narratives connect? - It is not just about the content, but how the narratives connect

    • The possibility for a video visualisation - or "narratives landscape"

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Literature References

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Sex, Ecology and Spirituality

Ken Wilber

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Spiritual Dynamic in Modern Art

Charlene Spretnak

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Project Advisors

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JF MARTEL

Author, Filmaker and Podcast Host

(confirmed advisor to the project)

JF is the co-host of the Weird Studies podcast (along with Phil Ford) and an author, screenwriter, and film & TV director from Ottawa, Canada. His screen work includes French and English-language documentary series and features focused on culture and the arts. He is the author of Reclaiming Art in the Age of Artifice, a book about the nature and power of art published by Evolver Editions in 2015, and released in Spanish by Ediciones Atalanta in 2016. J.F.'s writings on art, culture and philosophy have appeared in Reality Sandwich, Metapsychosis, The Finch, Disinfo, and other online magazines.

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www.reclaimingart.com/

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STUART DAVIS

Musician, filmaker, producer, artist, podcast host, Integral researcher

(confirmed advisor to the project)

How to describe Stuart?! Musician, philosopher, artist, painter, filmaker, performer, comedian, creator of the 'IS' language, occult/non-human intelligence researcher...he's a unique creative force, with close ties to the Integral community.

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www.stuartdavis.com

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www.aliensandartists.com

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BRAD REYNOLDS

Integral Scholar and Author

(confirmed advisor to the project)

Brad Reynolds is the originator of the Great Nest graphic, that he created whilst in regular conversation with Huston Smith. Brad is a production artist and has been a scholar in Integral studies for over 30 years, doing his graduate work at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) before leaving to study under Ken Wilber for a decade. He published two books reviewing Wilber's work: Embracing Reality: The Integral Vision of Ken Wilber (Tarcher, 2004) and Where's Wilber At?: Ken Wilber's Integral Vision in the New Millennium (Paragon House, 2006), and is a contributor to online journals such as Integral World and Integral Leadership Review. He is about to publish a new book relating to the roles of guru-adepts through the lens of Perennial Wisdom . Brad's site is: http://integralartandstudies.com/Portfolio3.php

Example narratives:

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  • 'Through meditation I got to meet god face-to-face". Alice Coltrane's account of John Coltrane's conviction of a universal spiritual truth and common ground between traditions:

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​RESEARCH REFERENCES AND THEMES:

(Under construction)

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