Origin: The World Peace Project (wpp) began in the early 1970’s by addressing a growing concern over the rapid institutionalization of art and culture. As a clandestine engagement it uses cultural, corporate, and religious settings to explore the space that remains after personal experience is turned into private property.
Practice: The wpp is a series of individual and group performances involving ancient rites used traditionally for enlivening life-supporting changes in the individual, communal, and natural environments. Procedures include oral recitation, yogic flying and meditation.
Design: Nothing about the wpp was ever documented. There are no photos, and no films; nothing to be otherwise enshrined. There is nothing for sale. With no formal value, it holds only the value given it by another. This project is an ongoing engagement that has been performed worldwide for 46 years.