Holoflux: The Qualitative Infinity of Nature

Holoflux: The Qualitative Infinity of Nature

with Lee Nichol, Cheryl Brant, Aja Bulla Zamastil

Saturday July 22, 2023
9:00am PDT | 12:00pm EDT | 5:00pm BST  |  6:00pm CEST

2-hour session

The session is live and you will be sent the RECORDING.

While Bohm’s work in physics and dialogue is well-established, new threads are emerging that attempt to take us deeper into the living substance and import of his metaphysics. What do we find when we peer beyond his foundational terms holoflux / holomovement? Is it possible to move out from the texts of Bohm’s books, and into the living world? Is there something that can be directly engaged through ongoing experimentation? In this session we will propose that there is a living actuality pointed to by Bohm, akin to what he described as “the qualitative infinity of nature.” We will explore two aspects of a multi-year holoflux inquiry — rheosoma (the flowing body) and holosoma (the body of the whole). From the outset, however, it is important to keep such terms experimental, enigmatic. What then emerges is not a model, system, or practice, but a process of open-ended embodiment in which the path is created while walking.

This session will serve as an introduction to a two-day program of the same name, offered by the Pari Center on September 23 and 24, 2023, open to people who have not participated in any previous Holoflux programs through Pari.

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Lee Nichol is a freelance writer and editor. His latest works are Entering Bohm’s Holoflux and, as editor, Holoflux: Codex – Form / Movement / Vision inspired by David Bohm (both from Pari Publishing). He was a long-time friend and collaborator of David Bohm, and is editor of Bohm’s On Dialogue, The Essential David Bohm, and On Creativity.

Lee has been on the faculty of the Arthur Morgan School in Celo, North Carolina; the Oak Grove School in Ojai, California; the Tibetan Nyingma Institute in Berkeley, California; and Denver University in Denver, Colorado. He sits on the Advisory Committee of the Pari Center, the Advisory Council of the Indigenous Education Institute, and is a member of the Founding Circle of the Native American Academy. He lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico with his wife Eva Casey.

Cheryl Brant

Cheryl’s work finds her at the intersection of art and science. Her formal education began with a Bachelor of Science in Art, and then continued with an MFA in sculpture. Her professional life has been in engineering for the past 36 years. First, in geotechnical engineering with Herbst & Associates, and for the past 22 years in Structural, Civil, and Coastal engineering with Moffatt & Nichol. The last six years have focused on visualizations for ship simulations. Her artwork has been exhibited in small galleries through the years. Cheryl is a founding member of the Pari Holoflux experiments.

Aja Bulla Zamastil is an architectural and landscape architectural designer, public artist, and educator. As a Lecturer in the Landscape Architecture and Urbanism graduate program at the University of Southern California, she leads design studios that address adapting our constructed world to shifting natural and socio-cultural forces. As the Creative Director at Watershed Progressive, she is responsible for managing and designing landscape projects and educational programs throughout California. These projects explore how we can transform monolithic systems into resilient ecological cycles that re-enchant everyday experience and promote alternative cultural practices.

Aja is a contributor to Holoflux: Codex – Form/Movement/Vision inspired by David Bohm(Pari Publishing 2022). She is a founding member of the Pari Holoflux experiments.