OPENING ARTEZ ZWOLLE
REFERENCE
In order to celebrate the opening of a new building the Art Academy in
Zwolle organised a symposium:
Contemporary Rituals in a World of Globalisation.
The shinto master performed the purification ritual of the opening
ceremony.
The academy is located in the Dutch Bible Belt. Some drama students
expressed their concern that a Japanese ritual might evoke bad spirits
that would harm the school for many generations. Consequently they
opposed the ceremony, stating in a Dutch newspaper that any spirit that
does not come from the Christian God, is evil.
Using all the charms of shinto, which is basically the principle of
anekant, the introduction by the shinto master could take away the
students’ fear. After the successful opening ceremony he gave an
interview on Dutch radio to explain the many-sidedness of shinto.
Opening Ceremony new building ArtEZ Zwolle
CABK, ArtEZ academie voor beeldende kunsten
Zwolle
2006 March 21
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OPENINGCEREMONY
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