
Figment was in DC this weekend – unlike the one in NYC which goes on for weeks, DC’s was just a day, held out in Yards Park. And unlike the one in NYC which now gets all sorts of press coverage because of the sheer number of people it draws in. In fact, I almost missed it – I just caught it in a weekend write up at the last minute.
The festival is just starting in DC so it’s still pretty petite but that doesn’t mean there wasn’t enough to do. A lot of projects reminded me of the more experimental things that are usually reserved for college students but then again, is growing out of experimentalism always a bad thing? Part crafts fair, part hippie-ish get together, part festival and part utopia is how I would describe it. This is place where wigs, wings and tutus are totally appropriate even if its not Halloween, so of course diplo-tot and I showed up in collared shirts and matching marinieres – ha!. A field of painted paper plates, fencing with swimming pool noodles on bicycles, a super hero costume station (diplo-tot wouldn’t take off her cape for the rest of the night), a place to throw “beneficial mud balls” into the river, a hula hoop-a-thon…that’s the type of exhibit showing at the festival. And of course you had some juxtapositions inevitable to DC: the gentleman leading the laughter yoga in a “Peace, Love, Happiness” t-shirt with a guided missile destroyer ship right behind him was just one of those things you get around here. Yet both worlds seem to have a home.
beautiful photos, I think I love the last one best. Looks like an absolutely gorgeous day!
thank you! i might be biased but i'm kind of partial to that one myself 😉
This looks like such a cool event- I wish I'd known about the one here in NY. You captured it so nicely 🙂
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