Episode 07
Time and Culture
Festivals, art, hybrid years
Living festivals that still lock to Moon or monsoon; painters of hours; diasporas that keep a homeland's New Year in a new hemisphere.
Beats
- Hybrid calendars in cities where several New Years share a street.
- Art as a clock: Books of Hours, ukiyo-e seasons, film duration.
- The guiding figure as silent guest at each festival.
Terms
- Festival
- A public agreement to stop ordinary time together.
- Diaspora calendar
- Keeping a homeland cycle after the sky above has changed.
Discussion
- Which of your own holidays still answer to the Moon or the harvest?
- What should a museum exhibit of 'time' refuse to flatten?
Classroom check
A diaspora calendar is notable because: