Urban Mechanical Poetry from Japan

(fr)

While watching Sans Soleil yesterday, I was thinking about Japan, about Olivier and their work full of poetry about streets of Tokyo, and about this moment where life serendipity leads some paths to cross each other’s.

I had just delighfully got lost in the Arakawa area, and followed my footsteps toward this improbable footbridge that would allow me to reach the beautiful Yanaka Cemetary.

The rest is a moment of mechanical poetry…

The Dance of trains: Eight railway tracks overlap in Tokyo (2 on a bridge, 6 on the ground).
Multiple trains from all types appear randomly and cross each other, not unlike a mechanical ballet.