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異世界と石のカレンダーZINE 3/28 (土）のzine fest ＠吉祥寺パルコ にて販売します🪨 限定12部 2,500 yen Imaginary worlds and stones calendar ZINE 3.28 sat. @ Parco Kichijoji 12 copies 2,500 yen @zinefarmtokyo

こんにちは ばばちゃん と呼ばれたり りょうが と呼ばれたりしてます！ Hi my name is Ryoga Baba and I have nice friends.

[Jazz House NOW 55th Anniversary Party] Screening event 2025.12.13 Sat. 8:00open - 8:30start ￥1500（+1Drink） •Photographic archive exhibition by @yaccor02 •DJ/music curation by @wistra4 •Talk session by Naoto Nakajima (University of Tokyo) x Tsuyoshi Yagi (DOSO inc.) ※Cash only ※All Standing — What an honor to be part of this very profound work. Moreover, I am a bit overwhelmed to screen this film in the most beautiful space in the world, I know @jazzhousenow for their 55th anniversary!! Director of this film @deedeeandthewalls and I wanted this film not to be advocating. We have seen enough of those. We wanted to share this process of untangling the big questions of “Where did we come from? Who are we? Where are we going?” We don’t have the answers. The testimony of some of the guardians of a series of rituals that are on the verge of extinction don’t have the answers. But we talked, we listened, we created a space for us to really think about it. This sensation of going around, up and down, is never reaching anywhere…but this moment right here is real. Would there ever be an answer? Hmm… spaghetti sandwich. Thank you to all who supported this. —- “The Shape of Absence”(2025) 『不在のかたち』(2025) 15 min Directed by @deedeeandthewalls Produced by Didi and @ryoga.baba DOP for Navalacruz: @adrian_cores Edited by Franco Cuen Researcher in Navalacruz: Lourdes Casillas Researcher/archivist in Fujiyoshida: @ryoga.baba —

I am so thrilled to finally share a sneak peak of the “shape of Absence” !! This project is incredibly special and dear to me. The idea of this documentary started with a conversation @ryoga.baba and I had last January. We were both so moved by the sense of loss of sacred spaces, and the questions we felt regarding sense of identity connected to language, rituals and land. In a world that constantly seeks progression and efficacy, ancient traditions and festivities may feel inconsequential for many. Slowly they are being forgotten and abandoned… but what happens to our soul and sense of self when we no longer have spaces that create community, bond and give us places to ask the most intimidating questions about the experience of being alive? What happens when we stop conceiving the human experience outside of productivity, comfort and “success”? Riddled by these thoughts, Baba and I teamed up to conversate and listen to the testimony of some of the guardians of a series of rituals that are on the verge of extinction and conceived this film. Babarulis, thank you infinitely for wanting to take this crazy adventure with me, for all those hours of jamming in the car while trapped in the Tokyo’s rush hour, for believing that we could make it happen and that the story, no matter what, mattered. And thank you @kurahouse_fujiyoshida and @arahigus for giving me the opportunity to stay in Fujiyoshida twice and make it a part of my soul. Premiering at @fujitextileweek , more info and BTS to come soon 🫶. Credits to the final project (for now) Directed by @deedeeandthewalls Produced by Didi and @ryoga.baba DOP for Spain: @adrian_cores 💕 Edited by Franco Cuen Researcher in Navalacruz: Lourdes Casillas Researcher/archivist in Fujiyoshida: @ryoga.baba Special thanks to @keita_kawa1107 for helping us with all the gear, and @yuislay for the moral support while entering in the world of documentary @toya_horiuchi for helping me with my clumsy handmade titles 🐟. And lastly but not least, thank you @eriktrefftz and John Lee for all the hours of conversation and consultancy on topics of ritual, religion, community and the thousand other anthropological topics.

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