Aïsha Devi Light Luxury

Balancing the sacred and the profane, Devi s new video in collaboration with rebellious Chinese artist Tianzhou Chen mixes colourful, mythical and natural imagery. Rich with references to Chinese religion, Butoh, vogueing, and the world of fashion, the trance mantras of Swissborn, NapaleseTibetan artist Aïsha Devi meet a ravelike theatre of sadhu ritualism, magic and androgynous deities. The track is from Devi s DNA Feelings on the Houndstooth label earlier this year. Devi says: Luxury is prosaic, lux is atomic. Lux is the energy of light