Jeamin Cha

Trot, Trio, Waltz
Single channel video installation, 2013, HD video, 11minutes, color/sound

Trot, Trio, Waltz consists of three sections, all of which try to question how an uneven three can make balance. This work explores uneven situations which address the meaning of the number ‘3’, considering that three always has one extra residue after pairing up the two. In the video, there are elderly triplets who pick up recycling papers for their living, three scooter-riders, and news clips. These images are collected to express their “odd” harmony of sounds: the sound of the wheels of the recycling wagon, a scooter sound, and a news announcer’s voice from a TV in a household. Each represents the sounds of everyday, soundscapes of the day and night in the backstreets of an urban area (the sounds of the moving wheels of a handcart and a scooter in different speeds). This work also explores the limit in understanding “the Other” and criticizes violence that mass media perpetrate through scrutinizing and distorting the lives of strangers. There are scenes where silhouettes of everyday objects, such as curtains, a television, and flowerpots, were looked through a window in a dark house. They became important motives and helped adopt a main perspective for the entire video work.

A Film by
Jeamin Cha

Cast
Aged man1 Sunhwa Lee
Aged man2 Yoohyun Jennifer Lee
Aged man3 Yoochan Lee
Young man1 Chanwoo Kim
Young man2 Donghoon Yoo
Young man3 Hyeck Yoon

Director of Photography Yoonseok Beck
Sound Recording Jungeun Beck
Music Minwhee Lee