Author: Dugan Lunday

• 16

  APR

  2019

  Otagi Nenbutsu-ji

  • Client Work
  • by Dugan Lunday

  One of the more memorable temples during the project in Kyoto was definitely Otagi Nenbutsu-ji. A Tendai-sect temple in the Arashiyama area of Kyoto, it’s most interesting feature is the 1,200 stone arhat sculptures. The stone sculptures were all carved by amateurs under the supervision of the previous abbot, and each one has its own…

• 02

  APR

  2019

  Photons

  • Creative Journal
  • by Dugan Lunday

  Not to pull an “Oh! The golden days!”, but as part of the generation that doesn’t fully remember life pre-internet, I feel like there are some important practices that I missed out on. Not necessarily know-how. Again, that’s what the internet’s for. I can find whatever I want to as long as I know I’m…

• 30

  MAR

  2019

  Religious LEDs

  • Creative Journal
  • by Dugan Lunday

  Here’s an update in dialogue with the post on Tamagawa Daishi:   The nooks in the ceiling at Tamagawa Daishi are so layered with soot that they eat light the same way lacquerware does. It’s like staring into a dusty black hole. The tunnel underneath the temple is damp and primordial. Overall, it achieves its…

• 26

  MAR

  2019

  Interrotron

  • Technical Journal
  • by Dugan Lunday

  We’re trying to get the gear together to setup our own interrotron in the office. Two teleprompters, two tripods, special plates, our go-to camera, and a camcorder. An Errol Morris creation, used to capture incredibly intimate and (depending on the content) unsettling interviews. It’s difficult for people not accustomed to being in front of a…