Bicycle Beyond Bubbles
a video documentary by bicycle, from Tokyo to Paris
GLOBALIZED?
Nowadays, for many inhabitants of the international bubbles, taking a plane is almost like taking the bus. Work experience abroad has become a minimum and no longer a 'plus'. In a snap and a few internet clicks we can reach the other side of the planet.
After a while of living abroad, having the chance to see and experience many iconic international buildings, I started to feel the need to step out of the design concepts of the super star designers.
Now, I need to deepen my understanding of the world's local cultures. So I have decided to take my time, and take my bike... to go in a slow motion and look behind the screen.
MASTOCYTOSIS
I am directly concerned by a rare disease since about 10 years ago: the mastocytosis. It is a sort of unpredictable allergy covering my whole body with red marks. It reacts to sunlight, heat, stress, alcohol, shock, and to endless list of food.
There is no treatment available.
Recently it has became more and more serious and annoying to me, so I want to promote the French association in charge of the medical cure researches:
Please visit the website, and possibly make a donation.
I give 50% of the money from my sponsors to this association.
PERSONAL
Free boy, i am free from everything until now. No ring on my finger, no one in the kindergarden...
I also have the chance to own a free worldwide passport. So i feel like this chance to hold a french passport and been born in the rich countries side gives me so much opportunities to do what bilions of other people (born on the other side) can't do.
Freshly turned 30 y/o, i am feeling the strong desire to acheive something memorable. Not for glorry or glitz, but because i try to know myself better by giving me challenges to tread over.
The direction of the route is meaningful to me aswell; starting from Japan is a way back to home, and not a run away from my original cocoon.
Last, this project is the beginning of a professionnal shift. I have been working in the fields of architecture, interior design, urban research and 3D computer graphics, so now i want to dedicate my energy and motivation to video edition.