Perpetual Peace Project Update

On December 23, 2011, the Perpetual Peace Project book and DVD were presented to His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama as gifts from Slought by Mimi Cheng, this year's Curatorial and Research Fellow.

She traveled to Dharamsala, India, with Chinese-Tibetan scholars from the United States to meet with members of the Central Tibetan Administration to discuss current issues and future processes for the exile government.

During the meeting, His Holiness was posed the question, how do you define peace in a time when, for many, it is merely a dream? He responded by saying that there are two kinds of peace, the first of which is external, as when there are no disturbances in nature. The second, more important peace is inner peace. Through mental calmness and clarity, warm heartedness and compassion for all, one's inner peace can be projected onto the world.

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Current research initiatives include Fairytale Project, revisiting artist         's 2007 project with 1001 Chinese people

Public programs include How to Get Started, an interactive installation with the John Cage Trust

Programs also include In narrow or wider circles..., an installation about inter-cultural conversation and the state of art and activism

Affiliations include the Perpetual Peace Project, exploring prospects for reducing geopolitical conflict

Research and publication projects include Architecture on Display: On the History of the Venice Architecture Biennale

And Into the Open for the US Pavilion at La Biennale di Venezia, exploring how architects can invigorate community activism and social policy