CHRIS THURMAN: A shining affair that engages with deep-seated desires
Sometimes a well-curated art experience can turn fearful darkness into fascinating light
07 April 2022 - 16:02
UPDATED 11 April 2022 - 16:30
As drifting, alienated subjects of the postmodern world — or so anthropologists might describe us — we lack an appreciation of ritual.
Sure, we have habits; we experience repetition in the daily and weekly rounds of (mostly) urban life. We have obsessions, compulsions, addictions. The cycle of the seasons and the annual rhythms of the calendar offer some familiarity and comfort. We have formal and informal practices of initiation into adulthood. There are birthdays and anniversaries, religious festivals and holy days...
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