看過宮崎駿的新動畫電影《風起了》嗎？電影裡點題的一句話，是引用法國詩人Paul Valéry 的著作Le Cimetière Marin 《海濱墓園》中的一句話《風起了，我們唯有努力試著生存下去》
Le vent se lève, il faut tenter de vivre
三月是刮風的季節，這個週末，有好幾個很有特色的風箏活動，最適合一家大小去追風！
Redondo Pier Festival of the Kite 麗浪多海港風箏節
Sunday, 3/9/2014, noon-5 p.m.
Redondo Beach Pier 100 Fisherman's Wharf Redondo Beach, CA 90277
無論你是新手還是老鳥，這個星期天的海邊風箏節都能滿足你。成百個風箏在Redondo 海灘上隨風而起，加上燦爛的加州陽光和細沙，足以讓人心曠神怡。
The Redondo Pier Association is committed to providing FREE community events throughout the year including one of Southern California's longest-running kite festivals, an outdoor summer concert series, chalk art festival, classic car show and the new Taste of the Pier!
There will be contests for the best handmade kite, best ground display, highest flying kite, youngest flyer of the day, and fun throughout the day. This event draws thousands of people each year and is a signature event for the city of Redondo Beach.
One of Southern California's longest-running kite festivals is fun for all-ages with prizes awarded in various categories from the youngest kite flyer to the youngest at heart. The 10th Annual Yo-Yo competition kicks-off the festival on the pier and the winner of the 7th Annual Hot Dog on a Stick Eating Contest takes home a cash prize.
Huntington Beach Kite Party 亨庭頓灘風箏競放日
這個週末，許多放風箏高手會齊集在亨庭頓灘大顯身手，如果你想看到超大型風箏和高難度動作，就一定要到這裡！注意：現場分專業區和普通區，如果你是初學者，千萬不要亂闖喔！
Saturday, 3/8 & Sunday, 3/9
Huntington Beach Pier, Main St, Huntington, California 92646
Each year for nine years kite flyers have converged on Huntington Beach beaches. Sponsored by Kite Connection and owner Dave Shenkman, the event is anticipated annually. When you meet the tanned, friendly guy, you quickly gather that he's a pro. Sure, he'll sell you whatever you need and as an entrepreneur, operating a business is second nature. Shenkman grew up familiar with business operations and he family ran the successful Rainbow Disposal, the City of Huntington Beach assigned trash collection service.
During Shenkman's annual kite party, the Huntington Beach City Beach north of the pier is roped for the invitees. The public can watch from the ground, or from the pier, and there's usually a kite clinic for locals wishing to learn or try their hand, plus ample room to fly outside the "pro" area.
The main sport kite field is for EXPERIENCED flyers only. The maximum line length is 75' for non demo (general) flying. You MUST be able to fly your kite with total control. That's not to say you have to be a professional, but you must be able to fly in tight quarters.
Chinese Kites Art Exhibition 【絢麗的風箏世界】裝置藝術展
3/1- 6/8/2014
MOCA Pacific Design Center, 8687 Melrose Avenue; West Hollywood, CA 90069
**closed on Mondays**
*Free admission*
A new show at MOCA’s Pacific Design Center space is perfect for kids.
This exhibition will be the first L.A. presentation of Gas Giant and will mark Hashimoto's first solo museum exhibition in California.
Combining traditional kite-making techniques and painting into sculptural environments, Hashimoto creates massive space-altering installations with thousands of thin paper sheets. For MOCA Pacific Design Center, Hashimoto is producing the third and final edition of Gas Giant. The work was previously presented in Venice, Italy in 2013 at Fondazione Querini Stampalia by Studio la Città and in Chicago in 2012 at Rhona Hoffman Gallery. Beginning on the ground floor with black-and-white clouds of box kites, Gas Giant chromatically rises up the stairs and erupts into the second-floor gallery with a kaleidoscopic explosion of light and color.
Hashimoto carefully arranges and grids elements to flow into elegant mimeses of nature, often posing the ethereality of digital production modes and 3D design against the analog physicality of sculpture. Nature and artifice, corporeal and insubstantial, representation and abstraction, earth and sky; Hashimoto deftly unites opposites. Building and layering with simple materials—string, wood, paper and paint, the artist composes wondrous landscapes made only by hand.