In Kyoto, the path of Philosophy unwinds like a thread, along a canal bordered by cherry trees, between the temple of the Silver Pavilion and Nanzen-ji, the temple of Zen Buddhism.
The walk owes its name to the 20th century Japanese philosopher Kitaro Nishida, who used it for his daily meditation.
Born in 1936 near Busan, in a Korea then under Japanese domination, Lee Ufan left at the age of 20 to pursue his philosophy studies in Japan, which would become his home port as an artist.
At Alyscamps, a powerfully romantic necropolis and a hidden wonder of Arles, the great Korean artist has composed a
Requiem
, an elliptical walk in 14 works, like the 14 stations of the Stations of the Cross.
An invitation to meditation and the passage of time.
His path of the philosophers.
The world of the dead
The Alyscamps - the Champs-Élysées in Provençal, in reference to the city of the virtuous dead in Greek mythology - are discovered behind a gate and can already be visited as a high place of heritage
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