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IcyPeas

(25,015 posts)
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 02:44 AM 11 hrs ago

Performance Artist: Trash caught in the wind . . . [Watch]

Shoji Yamasakı is a performance artist. He studies trash caught in the wind, and translates their erratic movement into precise, choreographed performances.


Shoji Yamasaki (litteredmvmnts)

Madeleine Swann (@madeleineswann.bsky.social) 2025-09-08T14:29:51.526Z


He has more on his Instagram page:

https://www.instagram.com/litteredmvmnts/


And a youtube video too:


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Performance Artist: Trash caught in the wind . . . [Watch] (Original Post) IcyPeas 11 hrs ago OP
'American Beauty' - Thomas Newman (from the 'plastic bag scene') mahatmakanejeeves 10 hrs ago #1
Very creative and quite topical. byronius 10 hrs ago #2
prefer the sun thru fall leaves moving in the wind + the shadow dancing. pansypoo53219 6 hrs ago #3

mahatmakanejeeves

(68,564 posts)
1. 'American Beauty' - Thomas Newman (from the 'plastic bag scene')
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 04:07 AM
10 hrs ago


'American Beauty' - Thomas Newman (from the 'plastic bag scene')

Coda Gardner - old account
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Just the music (Track 8, 'American Beauty', from the 'American Beauty: Original Motion Picture Score') and the bag...

This track is NOT "Any Other Name". That track is similar to this one, but it plays at the end of the film.

"It was one of those days, when it's a minute away from snowing, and there's this electricity in the air. You can almost hear it, right? And this bag was just dancing with me, like a little kid begging me to play with it, for fifteen minutes.

That's the day I realized there was this entire life behind things, and this incredibly benevolent force, that wanted me to know there was no reason to be afraid, ever. Video's a poor excuse, I know, but it helps me remember. I need to remember.

Sometimes there is so much... beauty... in the world, I feel like I can't take it, and my heart is just going to cave in."
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