Medicine Buddha NanoMandala is a projection installation which extends the lineage of Victoria Vesna’s NanoMandala by introducing a new iconographic subject and, for the first time within this lineage, integrating AI into the process of scientific visualization and image assembly.

Watch the Making of the Medicine Buddha NanoMandala

On May 15-16, 2026, the project was premiered at LIGHTFEST 3.0 during The UNESCO International Day of Light, presented by the UCLA Art|Sci Center in collaboration with the Advanced Light Microscopy & Spectroscopy (ALMS) Lab at the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) and the Graduate School of Advanced Imaging Science, Multimedia & Film at Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea. The sand mandala was created at Pure Land Farms in Topanga, CA by Tibetan Monks from the Sacred Harmony Tour of Gaden Shartse Monastic University from Karnataka, India and a surround sound recording by Yangchenma Arts & Culture.

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