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MANDALA LAB,The Rubin Museum

Mon Jul 11, 2022InstallationSpain2022Purism

MANDALA LAB,The Rubin Museum
Cortesía de Courtesy of The Rubin Museum of Art’s Mandala Lab, Bilbao 2022. Photos by Javier de Paz García

MANDALA LAB, THE RUBIN MUSEUM

Extudio + Enorme Studio

ARCHITECTS
Enorme Studio, Extudio

AREA
2691 ft²

YEAR
2022

LOCATION
Bilbo, Spain

CATEGORY
Installations & Structures

Text description provided by architect.

The Mandala Lab is an interactive installation that invites curiosity about our emotions.

MANDALA LAB,The Rubin Museum
Cortesía de Courtesy of The Rubin Museum of Art’s Mandala Lab, Bilbao 2022. Photos by Javier de Paz García
MANDALA LAB,The Rubin Museum
Cortesía de Courtesy of The Rubin Museum of Art’s Mandala Lab, Bilbao 2022. Photos by Javier de Paz García

Consider how complex feelings show up in your everyday life and imagine how you might have the power to transform them.

Inspired by powerful Buddhist principles, the Mandala Lab features 5 thought-provoking, playful experiences—including videos accompanied by scents, a sculpture that invites collective breathing, and curated percussion instruments dipped in waters—that guide you along an inner journey focused on self-awareness and awareness of others.

MANDALA LAB,The Rubin Museum
Cortesía de Courtesy of The Rubin Museum of Art’s Mandala Lab, Bilbao 2022. Photos by Javier de Paz García
MANDALA LAB,The Rubin Museum
Cortesía de Courtesy of The Rubin Museum of Art’s Mandala Lab, Bilbao 2022. Photos by Javier de Paz García

See, smell, touch, and breathe your way through the space, designed to inspire connection, empathy, and learning.

The Mandala Lab includes artist contributions from Laurie Anderson / Sanford Biggers / Tenzin Tsetan Choklay / Billy Cobham / Amit Dutta / Sheila E.

MANDALA LAB,The Rubin Museum
Cortesía de Courtesy of The Rubin Museum of Art’s Mandala Lab, Bilbao 2022. Photos by Javier de Paz García
MANDALA LAB,The Rubin Museum
Cortesía de Courtesy of The Rubin Museum of Art’s Mandala Lab, Bilbao 2022. Photos by Javier de Paz García

/ Peter Gabriel / Dame Evelyn Glennie / Sarah Hennies / Huang Ruo / Shivamani / Wang Yahui / Palden Weinreb / Apichatpong Weerasethakul / Bora Yoon / Scents created by Christophe Laudamiel / Select gongs manufactured by Ryan Shelledy or Matt Nolan, UK.

ABOUT MANDALAS AND EMOTIONS.

Mandalas are Buddhist teaching tools that can be used to learn how to confront and transform feelings of pride, attachment, envy, anger, and ignorance.  Known as kleshas in Buddhism, these five afflictive emotions cloud our understanding of the world.

MANDALA LAB,The Rubin Museum
Cortesía de Courtesy of The Rubin Museum of Art’s Mandala Lab, Bilbao 2022. Photos by Javier de Paz García
MANDALA LAB,The Rubin Museum
Cortesía de Courtesy of The Rubin Museum of Art’s Mandala Lab, Bilbao 2022. Photos by Javier de Paz García

Through a deep, sustained investigation of these emotions, some Buddhist practitioners cultivate corresponding wisdoms and skills that help them shift their view of the world, themselves, and others.

help you examine these specific emotional states.

MANDALA LAB,The Rubin Museum
Cortesía de Courtesy of The Rubin Museum of Art’s Mandala Lab, Bilbao 2022. Photos by Javier de Paz García

MANDALA LAB,The Rubin Museum
Cortesía de Courtesy of The Rubin Museum of Art’s Mandala Lab, Bilbao 2022. Photos by Javier de Paz García
MANDALA LAB,The Rubin Museum
Cortesía de Courtesy of The Rubin Museum of Art’s Mandala Lab, Bilbao 2022. Photos by Javier de Paz García

MANDALA LAB,The Rubin Museum
Cortesía de Courtesy of The Rubin Museum of Art’s Mandala Lab, Bilbao 2022. Photos by Javier de Paz García
MANDALA LAB,The Rubin Museum
Cortesía de Courtesy of The Rubin Museum of Art’s Mandala Lab, Bilbao 2022. Photos by Javier de Paz García
MANDALA LAB,The Rubin Museum
Cortesía de Courtesy of The Rubin Museum of Art’s Mandala Lab, Bilbao 2022. Photos by Javier de Paz García
MANDALA LAB,The Rubin Museum
Cortesía de Courtesy of The Rubin Museum of Art’s Mandala Lab, Bilbao 2022. Photos by Javier de Paz García
MANDALA LAB,The Rubin Museum
Cortesía de Courtesy of The Rubin Museum of Art’s Mandala Lab, Bilbao 2022. Photos by Javier de Paz García
MANDALA LAB,The Rubin Museum
Cortesía de Courtesy of The Rubin Museum of Art’s Mandala Lab, Bilbao 2022. Photos by Javier de Paz García

MANDALA LAB,The Rubin Museum
Cortesía de Courtesy of The Rubin Museum of Art’s Mandala Lab, Bilbao 2022. Photos by Javier de Paz García
MANDALA LAB,The Rubin Museum
Cortesía de Courtesy of The Rubin Museum of Art’s Mandala Lab, Bilbao 2022. Photos by Javier de Paz García
MANDALA LAB,The Rubin Museum
Cortesía de Courtesy of The Rubin Museum of Art’s Mandala Lab, Bilbao 2022. Photos by Javier de Paz García
MANDALA LAB,The Rubin Museum
Cortesía de Courtesy of The Rubin Museum of Art’s Mandala Lab, Bilbao 2022. Photos by Javier de Paz García
MANDALA LAB,The Rubin Museum
Cortesía de Courtesy of The Rubin Museum of Art’s Mandala Lab, Bilbao 2022. Photos by Javier de Paz García
MANDALA LAB,The Rubin Museum
Cortesía de Courtesy of The Rubin Museum of Art’s Mandala Lab, Bilbao 2022. Photos by Javier de Paz García
MANDALA LAB,The Rubin Museum
Cortesía de Courtesy of The Rubin Museum of Art’s Mandala Lab, Bilbao 2022. Photos by Javier de Paz García
MANDALA LAB,The Rubin Museum
Cortesía de Courtesy of The Rubin Museum of Art’s Mandala Lab, Bilbao 2022. Photos by Javier de Paz García
MANDALA LAB,The Rubin Museum
Cortesía de Courtesy of The Rubin Museum of Art’s Mandala Lab, Bilbao 2022. Photos by Javier de Paz García

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