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Searching for Shangri-la: Journey to Himalayan Consensus

XIN DONG CHENG SPACE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART CORDIALLY INVITES YOU TO ATTEND THE OPENING OF:

Searching for Shangri-la
Journey to Himalayan Consensus
An installation art interactive experience through Tibet into tomorrow

Solo Multimedia Exhibition: Laurence Brahm’s fusion medium experiment of photographs, journals, diaries and films, documenting 7 years of expeditions that led to the founding of Himalayan Consensus.

What is Himalayan Consensus?
Come to our opening and find out!

December 5, 2009 at 3:00 pm

Xin Dong Cheng Space for Contemporary Art III
798 Art District, Dashanzi Jiu Xian Qiao Lu No. 4
Chaoyang District, Post No. 8503
100015 Beijing, China

Exhibition Date:
December 5 - 19, 2009
Opening hours:
Tuesday to Sunday 10:00 am – 6:30 pm

Himalayan Consensus founder Laurence Brahm (author of The Anti-Globalization Breakfast Club: Manifesto for Peaceful Revolution), began his journey seven years ago when traveling and writing his first book on Tibet Searching for Shangri-la. 



After traveling across the Himalayan plateau, people would often ask him whether he has finally found “Shangri-la”. In truth, Shangri-la is not a place to be found. Shangri-la comes from the word Shambhala, which is a core concept in Tibetan Buddhism. Shambhala is a realm of the future, or maybe of our own world, a world of social harmony where people respect each other, respect animals, respect the environment, and in turn they are respected by the forces of nature. 



During his journey, Brahm was inspired by all types of community members, from monks to artists, to world leaders. Their visions to support the sustainability of their culture, economy, and environment took form in pragmatic grassroots initiatives. These inspirations motivated Brahm to put the Himalayan Consensus into action by starting his own Shambhala Social Enterprise in 2005.



This exhibit is not just about the journey of Laurence Brahm; it is about everybody’s journey.

For more information, please contact:
Natasha Khamudisova
(86) 10 64027149
(86) 13901087970
events@himalayanconsensus.org/contact@xindongcheng.com
www.himalayanconsensus.org/www.chengxindong.com

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