Sadness is Dancing / The Enigma of the Return (2023) 슬픔이 춤춘다
Sadness is Dancing (2021) is a 5-minute digital road movie and video essay. Through out the runtime, the protagonist attempts to visit her cousin, family, and friends who have moved to other countries through the free Google Earth service. As she struggles to locate accurate addresses and roams through random streets, the novel The Enigma of the Return spins through her mind. The text and her memories of family members are cross-edited and narrated. Mirroring the feeling of unfulfilled longing, the protagonist ultimately fails to find her cousins’ house.