Fuji edited a flattering video to accompany The Stubborn Face of Matter — the song i made for the first challenge. As i said then, the words for the tune came to me during my Copenhagen–Istanbul cycle tour in Fall ’16. I asked him to add some clips from my journey to it, and really like the result! So, i’m sharing it as some sort of post-closure bonus:
See you on the next creative challenge, Fuji!
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This is the second of two posts wrapping up the Creative October Challenge — a collaboration with my friend, artist and supporter Fuji Hoffmann [vimeo, website] to create something every week (of the month of October :p) and share the process and results along the way.
The discarded items were collected during my trip to Romania to present at the I TEDxDrobetaTurnuSeverin, visit old friends, and spend some time in their stretch of the Carpathians — this was the inspiration for the process, which was then carried out in three of four relaxing sittings throughout the months of January and February.
I’ll miss this.
Fuji and i challenged each other throughout the month of October to experiment with different habits and create something new every week. We made videos describing our process and results and sharing our dialog here on my blog. It starts with Fuji & Mika #0 — Creative October Challenge, where we explain the concept and share our first challenges to each other. To read and watch all posts from the challenge in chronological order, visit Creative October Challenge.
This is the first of two posts wrapping up the Creative October Challenge — a collaboration with my friend, artist and supporter Fuji Hoffmann [vimeo, website] to create something every week (of the month of October) and share the process and results along the way.
Half-the-way through the challenge, i was invited to give a presentation at the I TEDxDrobetaTurnuSeverin in Romania, and Fuji was invited to teach movement and choreography at Wiks Folkhögskola (outside Uppsala, Sweden). With other priorities in mind, we put the experiment on hold until recently, when we decided it would be psychologically beneficial to give it some closure before moving on.
Fuji closed his end of our challenge with a touchingly honest statement about the need to move on without finishing it:
Frankly, if the beautiful colors and shadows he accessed in the process constitute a failure, then i’m not sure what would be a success — a challenge is just a guide!
Thank you so much for your time and engagement, Fuji, and i look forward to walking another path with you some time <3
Fuji and i challenged each other throughout the month of October to experiment with different habits and create something new every week. We made videos describing our process and results and sharing our dialog here on my blog. It starts with Fuji & Mika #0 — Creative October Challenge, where we explain the concept and share our first challenges to each other. To read and watch all posts from the challenge in chronological order, visit Creative October Challenge.
This video picks up the Creative October Challenge — my collaboration with my friend, artist and supporter Fuji Hoffmann [vimeo, website] — where we left it off last year.
I have little to say beyond the few words describing my third challenge to Fuji in the beginning of the video, and his hypnotizing response afterwards!
Fuji and i challenged each other throughout the month of October to experiment with different habits and create something new every week. We made videos describing our process and results and sharing our dialog here on my blog. It starts with Fuji & Mika #0 — Creative October Challenge, where we explain the concept and share our first challenges to each other. To read and watch all posts from the challenge in chronological order, visit Creative October Challenge.
In his previous two challenges, Fuji set off to activate my musical and poetic layers. What’s does he have for me next? Watch the video to find out!
Fuji and i challenged each other throughout the month of October to experiment with different habits and create something new every week. We made videos describing our process and results and sharing our dialog here on my blog. It starts with Fuji & Mika #0 — Creative October Challenge, where we explain the concept and share our first challenges to each other. To read and watch all posts from the challenge in chronological order, visit Creative October Challenge.
