“The parade of the white balloon people!”

Last weekend at the Roppongi Art Night, I’ve witnessed an amazing dream-like street performance by Compagnie des Quidams. The whole act is called “Rêve d’Herbert“, which means “Herbert’s Dream“.

“The slim, human-like shadow-beings, wander around the streets seeking out light. In the quiet of night, these figures gesture to each other, coming close and moving apart in a dance-like dialog.”

“They also beckon to passersby. Before you know it, you are swept up in their mysterious world.”

“Step by step, they are transformed into voluminous 4m height characters. Deformed and majestuous at the same time, clumsy and ethereal, as come from another planet, their heads light up.”

“Then the enormous silhouettes take us off around a luminous star.”

“To a strange and bewitching music, the characters make a magic rite which make the star rising up in the sky…”

“As a wick at the moon… As in a dream…”

Quotes from:
– Roppongi Art Night Website
– Herbert’s Dream Website

Special thanks to:
– Mika for the special French dinner/snacks prior to this performance.
– Raku-chan for his super duper big lens, AF NIKKOR 180mm f/2.8D IF-ED.

Yesterday, I went to visit the Bayanihan: A Photo Exhibit organized by Timog Forum. I was quite surprised how big and accessible the gallery is from the station.  Only a few people came from morning and until  3:00 in the afternoon. I set up my camera on a tripod and set the interval timer shooting. I put all the shots together to make a time-lapse video. You can see the different sides of the gallery and how people came in.

I spent a good 6 hours in the gallery.  It was great to see some friends dropping by to see the exhibit, and meet new people, as well. I must say the organizers did a pretty good job. I hope this won’t be the first and last.

By the way, this is one of my photos in the gallery and love how this turned out in print. And the other two, I’m not quite satisfied.

The Timog Forum Photography Club is going to have an exhibition from 25th to 29th of March in Art Garden Kawasaki. The exhibition, dubbed as, “Japan in the Eyes of the Filipinos and Philippine Images”, will showcase the skills of the Filipinos in the field of photography.

I am participating in this event and will be showing three of my street photos, all taken in Japan.  This is my second time joining a group photo exhibit. (The first one was organized by the Flickr group Philippines and it was held in Manila last October 2008.)

To all my friends in Japan, I will be glad to see you there in the exhibition. I will be on the site on the 28th (Saturday) from 13:00 to 19:00. Please drop me a line if you are coming.

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Bayanihan Photo Exhibit Poster

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25th March : 13:00-19:00
26th-28th : 10:00-19:00
29th : 10:00-16:00

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Art Garden Kawasaki
3rd Floor RiverK Kawasaki-ekimae
12-1 Ekimae Honcho, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki City
Map here.