Soji-ji1979

Name: Soji-ji
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1979
Duration: 18 min

Soji-ji (1979) is a video work documenting a chant recitation at a Zen temple. The chant recited by many monks does not proceed in unison like group singing. Each monk recites in sync with his breath, so that the intake of breath occurs at different moments. That is to say, each monk articulates the chant differently. Since there is no unified division, when the multiple chants overlap, an endless wave of chant (sutra) appears as a collective density or modality (at the same time, each monk’s steps form a totally different rhythm from the individual chants).

Released: 5. 5. 2026
Runtime: 18 min
Genres: Documentary
Certification: NO
Country, language: JA

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