Anavatapta
May 2025
6'20"
Performance, Video
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2025.5
6'20"
行为表演，影像
Anavatapta 是由 Caiyun Chen（陈采鋆） 于拉萨驻地期间构思并创作的行为影像作品。藏文书法表演由 Dorje Tsewang（多吉次旺，རྡོ་རྗེ་ཚེ་དབང་།） 完成，拍摄由 MoCA Weland 介观艺术 协助支持。
Anavatapta 意为“无热”，传说湖水能够平息折磨众生的火焰。海拔四千多米的高原，每一步呼吸都是谨慎而沉重。表演者以一种朝圣的姿态为雪山，为气候变化下的高原自然作出回应。藏文书法部分使用环保墨水完成。拍摄结束后，所有物品均被带离现场，书法作品也作为这次行为表演的一部分装裱保存。
Director/ Editior: Caiyun Chen 陈采鋆
Performance: dorjeciwang 多吉次旺 རྡོ་རྗེ་ཚེ་དབང་།
Choreography / Performance: Caiyun Chen 陈采鋆
Camera Operator: 益西仁青 ཡེ་ཤེས་རིན་ཆེན།
Production Coordinator: Yi Wang 王毅
Sound Design: Caiyun Chen 陈采鋆
Music: Silent Dunes （静沙）/ Cloud Veins （云脉）
From: 4 Reveries （四重遐想）By Caiyun Chen 陈采鋆
Special thanks: MoCA Weland 介观艺术
released July, 2026
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Anavatapta
May 2025
6'20"
Performance, Video
Anavatapta is a performance-based video work conceived and created by Caiyun Chen（陈采鋆）during an artist residency in Lhasa. The Tibetan calligraphy performance was carried out by Dorje Tsewang（多吉次旺，རྡོ་རྗེ་ཚེ་དབང་།）, with filming support from MoCA Weland（介观艺术）.
Anavatapta means "heat-free"; the waters of the lake were thought to be able to soothe the fires that torment living beings. At over 4,000 metres above sea level, every breath on the plateau is slow and heavy. Through a gesture of pilgrimage, the performer responds to the snow-covered mountains and to the plateau's natural environment under climate change. The Tibetan calligraphy was created using environmentally friendly ink. After filming, all materials were removed from the site, and the calligraphy was mounted and preserved as part of the performance.
Director / Editor: Caiyun Chen 陈采鋆
Performance: Dorje Tsewang 多吉次旺 རྡོ་རྗེ་ཚེ་དབང་།
Choreography / Performance: Caiyun Chen 陈采鋆
Camera Operator: Yeshi Rinchen 益西仁青 ཡེ་ཤེས་རིན་ཆེན།
Production Coordinator: Yi Wang 王毅
Sound Design: Caiyun Chen 陈采鋆
Music: Silent Dunes（静沙）/ Cloud Veins（云脉）
From 4 Reveries（四重遐想）by Caiyun Chen 陈采鋆
Special Thanks: MoCA Weland 介观艺术
released July, 2026
www.chencaiyun.com
@_chen_caiyun
caiyunchen2022@outlook.com
Other Links:
Anavatapta-作品简介 Statement
Sound Track: https://yunyun.bandcamp.com/track/anavatapta
Anavatapta, 行为艺术提案 Performance Art Proposal, Lhasa