The Chair – Film Series – Sanghyeok Lee

Are you a chair?
Yes. I am.
No, you are not.
Who are you?
I am a chair.
You are space.
Yes. I am.

Only with repetition can we find the naturalism.

many humans are brought together
between whom a bridge of language
has not yet been built.

Here, motion and gesture are king and queen. Here, our body is the alphabet and our movement becomes language.

Again!

Here, motion and gesture are king and queen. Here, our body is the alphabet and our movement becomes language.

I’m tired of this repetition.
It was your idea.
I know, but I’ve lost it.

Like you have a thousand times
before. As if it’s just another familiar moment of your daily routine.

Let’s start from the beginning.
Which beginning?
I can’t remember that either.

In our modern world, where land barriers are crossed and re-crossed so many times they almost become absurd--

Useless.

It was your idea.