Commissioned Video Documentation | Stereo Sound | 2015
This is a commissioned series of educational videos for the Monks Body of Bhutan. The videos are used for preservation and internal dissemination of traditional Bhutanese buddhist culture. They provide documentation of the mastery of their performers. The series consists of 5 main rituals, divided into 81 segments which makes a total of 65 hours of video material, provided to the students of the monasteries online, by a national server.
Performed by Lopen Namgay Dorji, Lopen Chencho Duba, Lopen Kencho Tshering.
Cinemathography and editing Nora Longatti, Dominik Zietlow
Sound Recordings Martin Hess
Sound Design and Mix Peter Bräker
Produced by Lopen Gembo, Martin Hess
Location The Institute of Science of Mind, Simtokha, Timphu, Bhutan
Client The monks body of Bhutan
© 2015, Dratshang Lhentshog+Electric Mermaid Music Production Ltd.
Ritual V: Mahakali | 100 min.
Best of Rituals I–V | 6 min.
Ritual XI | Phunakha Dzong, Bhutan | 12 min.