for Nomads, Cyclopes and Other Beings https://journals.worldnomads.com/yanabeing/ Sun, 12 Apr 2026 23:54:30 GMT World Nomads Adventures The presented video was shot during the walking arts festival Sideways 2012 where both Yana and Claudia participated. We walked across Belgium for a month - Yana doing Rope piece (where she was tied to different people for 24 hours) and 5 hour meditations and Claudia was documenting the festival and interviewing the artists. Claudia has 7 year of video experience. She worked on TV for 3 years doing editing, production, camera, and directing. Over the past two years she has being documenting performing arts festivals which is an unique experience in terms of learning shapes, forms and movement to capture with the camera. Yana is a performer and a dancer. Recently she has also been incorporating life-size puppets in her art practice. She has visited New Orleans on a few occasions: for Mardi Gras and Halloween and met a bunch of local kids who play music and make theater and live performances. Costume, puppet, masquerade culture is huge in NOLA that is filled with surreal characters and subjects. That's why according to the spirit of New Orleans we suggest to make unusual videos from Mardi Gras where puppets produced by local artists narrate and introduce their beautiful town. https://journals.worldnomads.com/yanabeing/story/108414/Belgium/Festival-Sideways Travel Belgium yanabeing https://journals.worldnomads.com/yanabeing/story/108414/Belgium/Festival-Sideways#comments https://journals.worldnomads.com/yanabeing/story/108414/Belgium/Festival-Sideways Wed, 6 Nov 2013 16:01:51 GMT 0 I have a restless curiosity for people and places that keeps me constantly moving. In my travels I am most interested in exploring hidden areas, meeting locals and seeing various sides of places from an anthropological point of view. Currently I am based in Solo, Java studying the Wayang Kulit tradition of shadow puppetry and exploring the arts and culture of Indonesia. Recently I made a brief excursion to Bali where I made a point to invest most of my time with local people and to do my best to circumvent the tourist side of the small island. I discovered that there is a wide spectrum of use and strong connection to the water that is unique to Bali and its people. From spiritual pilgrimages made to water temples to holy waters for ceremonies, water is a key component of the tradition and beliefs of the Balinese. In addition, it is of course a source of prosperity and livelihood to them with its fishing villages and tourist industry bringing foreigners to visit famous beaches. In contrast however the water is often abused and polluted due to a lack of sewage and garbage infrastructure leaving many streams, lakes and beach shores with pockets of ever increasing trash that will someday have to be confronted by the younger generations. My deeply rooted and boisterously expressed joy for travel and seeing the new is constantly coming through in my photography practice and makes me the ideal candidate to capture unique aspects of mysterious Bhutan. I would be honored to have an opportunity to travel and work with Jason Edwards. Thank you very much for your consideration. https://journals.worldnomads.com/yanabeing/photos/25645/Indonesia/My-Photo-scholarship-2010-entry Travel Indonesia yanabeing https://journals.worldnomads.com/yanabeing/photos/25645/Indonesia/My-Photo-scholarship-2010-entry#comments https://journals.worldnomads.com/yanabeing/photos/25645/Indonesia/My-Photo-scholarship-2010-entry Sat, 16 Oct 2010 23:45:00 GMT 0