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(Michelle Tonkin)

Writing & Conversations with Damchö

Gallery installation showing stacked sheets of transparent plastic printed with handwritten reflections on emptiness, forming the translucent facade of a fort-like structure. In the background, a plinth holds multiple copies of the artist's 1997 publication Emptiness.

Gallery installation showing stacked sheets of transparent plastic printed with handwritten reflections on emptiness, forming the translucent facade of a fort-like structure. In the background, a plinth holds multiple copies of the artist's 1997 publication Emptiness.

Sculpting Intent: Early Works 1997–2000

Central image from Bodhi Unbound, showing Damchö seated cross-legged in a black latex catsuit and hood, hands in lotus mudra at the heart. She wears a serene expression, framed by a large, verdant green Bodhi leaf.

Central image from Bodhi Unbound, showing Damchö seated cross-legged in a black latex catsuit and hood, hands in lotus mudra at the heart. She wears a serene expression, framed by a large, verdant green Bodhi leaf.

The Art of Being Unbound

Cover of Silhouettes of the Soul: Meditations on Fashion, Religion and Subjectivity (Bloomsbury), featuring a black and white photograph of a labyrinthine interior with vaulted arches, reminiscent of a church or sacred crypt interior

Cover of Silhouettes of the Soul: Meditations on Fashion, Religion and Subjectivity (Bloomsbury), featuring a black and white photograph of a labyrinthine interior with vaulted arches, reminiscent of a church or sacred crypt interior

The Art of Boundaries and Becoming in 'Silhouettes of the Soul.'

Portrait of the artist, Damchö wearing a transparent latex hood with openings for eyes and lips. Her eyes are closed, and she wears a burgundy latex catsuit. The colour tones are honeyed and milky, evoking a sense of enclosure and inward transformation.

Portrait of the artist, Damchö wearing a transparent latex hood with openings for eyes and lips. Her eyes are closed, and she wears a burgundy latex catsuit. The colour tones are honeyed and milky, evoking a sense of enclosure and inward transformation.

Alter Ego Podcast: Flowing Through Thresholds

Photograph of Band-Aid Buddha by Damchö, showing three seated Buddha-like forms covered in hand-pasted text and hydrocolloidal healing bandaids. Silver audio speakers are positioned behind each figure’s head, resembling halos. The work evokes a chrysalis-like, shrine-like atmosphere of enclosure, care, and ritual transformation.

Photograph of Band-Aid Buddha by Damchö, showing three seated Buddha-like forms covered in hand-pasted text and hydrocolloidal healing bandaids. Silver audio speakers are positioned behind each figure’s head, resembling halos. The work evokes a chrysalis-like, shrine-like atmosphere of enclosure, care, and ritual transformation.

Punctuating the Unspeakable: Montien Boonma, Ritual, and the Boundaries of Language

Atmospheric moonrise over the Himalayas, Himachal Pradesh, India.

Atmospheric moonrise over the Himalayas, Himachal Pradesh, India.

Pure Perception and Pure Suffering

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