Entanglement of Consciousness

Entanglement of Consciousness reflects the filmmaker's anxiety as a person who lives abroad over the missile tests being carried out by the North Korean government in 2017. The film begins with a close-up shot of the eye of a sleeping Asian woman and a cat watching a cartoon, which is the first part of ‘Duck and Cover’ — the official 1951 United States civil defence film featuring Bert the Turtle, demonstrating the act of ducking and covering.

A series of uncanny events occur: labour, sleep, and online conversations appear and disappear as windows on-screen, being shown alongside each other as if they were puzzle pieces coming together to create a whole picture. Entanglement of Consciousness playfully depicts the fear of the unknown regarding international politics, as well as the question: how long can fear persist?

The recurring motif of cats refers to Schrödinger's cat theory. We often don't realise that we are living in a state of war; we are always stuck in a constant state of anxiety between calm and impending danger. Knowing and not knowing. In many ways, our lack of clarity about this situation and the constant fear can make it seem like we won't ever know whether we're alive or dead until the box is opened and we know for certain.

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