Chuseok

Chuseok = Korean Thanksgiving. They have written an entire wikipedia to tell you about it here. It's a festival that's about as exciting as American Thanksgiving. Or maybe a little less.

This is a time when Koreans say thanks by getting together to eat rice cakes, and foreigners in Korea travel or just enjoy time off. But not me. As they say, no rest for those who dream big.

I filmed a total of 3 really worthwhile projects in less than 48 hours this past Chuseok. Steph was there right by my side for two of them. God bless her heart.

Saturday was spent all day with these folks:

Zal Slim is the make-up artist who arranged the shoot. I had worked with him once before on a project, and we decided then that we would collaborate the first chance we had. More on this later.

Sat. evening after dinner, Steph and I ended up meeting a few friends in Seoul, and hitting a club. While there, we ran into Black Ilumin, a local artist who I originally met in 2008, and who is now beginning to make a name for himself.

Since I had my camera, I whipped it out and filmed him right there in the club. Really good footage considering I hadn't planned it.

The following day I followed one of Korea's best English speaking comedians, and good friend Albert Escobedo around a neighborhood in Seoul doing street interviews. Dude's hilarious to work with. After that we headed to Hongdae (club central) to see Black Ilumin once again, this time premiering one of his brand new tracks with Jake Pains.

Can't wait for next Chuseok.

Keep the faith.