{"id":30,"date":"2020-06-17T14:34:46","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T14:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/?page_id=30"},"modified":"2025-03-20T18:09:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T18:09:45","slug":"our-stranded-friends-in-distant-lands","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/index.php\/our-stranded-friends-in-distant-lands\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Stranded Friends in Distant Lands"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Our Stranded Friends in Distant Lands\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/115601057?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Installation-view-gallery1-Block-336-London-2017-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-113\" style=\"width:901px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Installation-view-gallery1-Block-336-London-2017-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Installation-view-gallery1-Block-336-London-2017-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Installation-view-gallery1-Block-336-London-2017-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Installation-view-gallery1-Block-336-London-2017-1-540x360.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"websitestyle\" align=\"justify\"><em>Our Stranded Friends in Distant Lands <\/em>(5mins 43sec, Korean with English subtitles, 2015)\u00a0begins with a news report, part pastiche and part allegory, about the activities of birds navigating the border between North &amp; South Korea. We are then introduced to one of the characters, who uses a telescopic lens to imagine what the moon looks like when viewed from the North. Interspersed throughout the film, an almost full moon moves across the screen, acting as a clock against which all the characters exist. Next, from these outward observations, we move into a character\u2019s dissatisfaction with a controlling relationship. Finally, an internal monologue, ruminating and fixating on death, leads us back to both the absence and presence of war; &#8220;An alarm sounds for the train\u2019s arrival. It recalls a bomb shelter siren, and is quite at odds with the shiny cars lining up at the railroad crossing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"websitestyle\" align=\"justify\">Filmed on location in Seoul and in purpose-built sets, three participants from South Korea narrate the film and perform the roles.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/korea_still3-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2023\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/korea_still3-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/korea_still3-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/korea_still3-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/korea_still3-1536x862.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/korea_still3-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/korea_still3.jpg 1764w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/26x14.5cm_e-1024x574.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1997\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/26x14.5cm_e-1024x574.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/26x14.5cm_e-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/26x14.5cm_e-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/26x14.5cm_e-600x336.jpg 600w, https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/26x14.5cm_e.jpg 1334w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/26x14.5cm_d-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1999\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/26x14.5cm_d-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/26x14.5cm_d-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/26x14.5cm_d-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/26x14.5cm_d-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/26x14.5cm_d.jpg 1335w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/korea_still1-2-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2022\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/korea_still1-2-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/korea_still1-2-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/korea_still1-2-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/korea_still1-2-1536x862.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/korea_still1-2-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/korea_still1-2.jpg 1768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Film supported by the UNESCO-Aschberg Bursary for Artists, on residency at MMCA Changdong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-primary-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-primary-background-color has-background\"\/>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-pale-pink-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2dae02483c8b2e1dda30a6819b47cee9\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Stranded Friends in Distant Lands (5mins 43sec, Korean with English subtitles, 2015)\u00a0begins with a news report, part pastiche and part allegory, about the activities of birds navigating the border between North &amp; South Korea. 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