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MYSTIC WHIRLING 8, 2010 PHOTO, PRINTED ON METAL PLATE 19.6X19.6 IN. | 50X50 CM. DANCE, 2008 SCULPTURE, REINDEER BONES, DRAWING WITH BLACK COAL 7.8X7.8 IN. | 20X20 CM.
FINE ART CULTURE SAME-LAMA, 2011 MIXED MATERIAL: MINISCULPTURE /INSTALLATION OF PHOTO, CHIPBOARDS, MEDITATION 00, 2010 PHOTO, PRINTED ON METAL PLATE 23.6X31.4 IN. | 60X80 CM.
STONES, GRASS 4.7X4.7 IN. | 12X12 CM.
BLACK MOUNTAIN, 2011 PHOTO PRINTET ON METAL PLATE 23.6X31.4 IN. | 60X80 CM.
“BUDDHA MASK” IS A STILL FROM THE 2018 FILM “SOMETHING YOU CAN ONLY DANCE”. THIS POETIC
FILM EXPLORES TIBETAN RITUAL MASK DANCES, KNOWN AS CHAM, PERFORMED IN TIBETAN EXILE
MONASTERIES IN INDIA. THE FILM, WHICH RUNS FOR 26 MINUTES, IS A PRODUCTION OF TARA MEDIA.

AASE-HILDE BREKKE
Lives and works in Oslo, Norway
http://www.taramedia.no/

Aase-Hilde born in 1962, hails from a small village called Misvær,
located in Salten in Nordland. Her academic background includes
studies in pedagogy, theater, film, and visual arts. She is a versatile
artist who works with performance art, photos, mixed-media,
installations, and film. Additionally, she contributes as an art
reviewer and author and serves as a Buddhist meditation teacher.
Brekke is a recognized artist who has received public support
on several occasions from prestigious institutions such as The
Ministry of Culture and Equality of Norway, The Research Council
of Norwegian, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Nordnorsk
Filmsenter. Her studies in Tibetan ritual dances “Gar-Cham” and
Buddhism in India (1995, 1996, 1997, 2005) led to an interview
and audience with H.H. Dalai Lama in 1996. She has shared her
scientific fieldwork through lectures at universities, the Norwegian
National Museum, art exhibitions, films, articles, and books.

“I believe that every moment possesses a unique quality, and my
mission as an artist is to patiently wait until that moment reveals
itself to me. This is why I capture only a single “shot” of a motif with
my camera. In this precious glimpse, a vision, a message is born. It
feels as if art is creating me, rather than the other way around. I am
merely a witness. Art represents the possibilities and glimpses of
emptiness that serve as gateways to both heaven and sometimes
hell. The moments, the gaps between “something” and “something
else,” where reality unveils its inner beauty and mystical content, are
the moments where everything vibrates and simultaneously stands
still. These precious, silent, extraordinary streams of consciousness
and glimpses of truth are how I communicate with the world around
me. I feel incredibly fortunate to be an artist: I am simply returning
the favor to life that sustains me. With all its shadows, sorrows, and
pain, hopes, dreams, and joy, we as human beings have the ability to
change direction since we are part of life itself. This is why I consider
art to be a life-supporting ritual”. (Aase-Hilde Brekke, Norway)

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