DURING HER STAY IN TOKYO IN 2019, THE ILLUSTRATOR FREQUENTS MANY VENUES WHERE JAPANESE YOUTH MEET, IN " THE PARTY", SHE ATTEMPTS TO TRANSCRIBE HER EXPERIENCE OF TOKYO NIGHTLIFE : THE READER IS IMMERSED IN THIS INTIMATE AND COLORFUL EVENING WHERE THE CHARACTERS ARE HAVING FUN TO THE TUNES OF THE KOREAN GROUP « HYUKOH », THE ILLUSTRATOR’S FAVORITE GROUP. BESIDES, SHE MAKES THE SINGER OF THE GROUP, OH HYUK, ONE OF HER PROTAGONISTS.
SHE WRITES THIS STORY A FEW MONTHS AFTER CONFINEMENT : SHE WANTED TO PRESENT A FESTIVE SCENE, TO RECALL TIME BEFORE SOCIAL DISTANCING AND MEMORIES OF CONVIVIALITY.
THE ILLUSTRATIONS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY TEXTS IN FRENCH AND JAPANESE : HER TEXTS, OFTEN SHORT, ARE STORIES, POEMS AND SONGS AT THE SAME TIME.
WENDY SYLVAIN HAS AN INTEREST IN LEARNING FOREIGN LANGUAGES,PARTICULARLY JAPANESE, WHAT SHE LIKES ARE THE TIMES WE FAIL TO TRANSLATE A WORD INTO ANOTHER LANGUAGE AND, IT CREATES A NEW MEANING. THIS LANGUAGE LIMITS ALLOW HER MANY POSSIBILITIES AND TO CREATE A LANGUAGE OF HER OWN. FOR EXAMPLE, « CIGARETTE SMOKE » BECOMES IN HER JAPANESE TRANSLATION « CIGARETTE CLOUD ».
AN EXTRACT OF THE TEXT :
« HEY, YOU, THERE !
LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA BOUM BOUM BOOOOOOOOOOOOUM BOUUUUUUUUUUUM !
LAUGHS AND OH HYUK OPPA’S VOICE.
EYES BLASÉS, WE’RE DANCING WITHOUT FEELING A OUNCE OF SHAME !
THE BODIES PERFORM CENSORED DANCE STEPS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL AND FEAR.
YOU SHOULDN’T BE AFRAID TO EXPRESS YOURSELF !
LOST SOULS, ONLY DANCING CAN BRING YOU BACK.
CLAP CLAP CLAP
ONE, TWO, ONE, TWO !
WE FOLLOW THE RHYTHM BY DANCING IN A LASCIVE WAY.
NO EMERGENCY EXIT HERE.
CREATION OF A VORTEX TEMPORAL FOR THE FUN CONTINUES UNTIL NEXT SATURDAY. »
