Memorial to the Pigeon
Montage sequence / 2’02”
LEE Chi-yin, John 李智賢
Student of SM2105 Narrative Strategies and Aesthetics of Time-based Media
Abstract
This montage sequence presents the looping story of an elderly lady who constantly indulges in the memory of her departed grandchild. Dead Leaf and a pigeon are metaphors for the deceased. Most shots of the character were taken from a far distance with a normal lens to mimic a subjective perspective like you are accompanying this old lady but do not want to disrupt her. Sorrowful remembrance that never ends… — that’s her despair.
This work was inspired by my mother’s grief for losing her own mother and two other siblings in mainland China, all within just a year. For several times, a panic attack kicked in whenever I started to imagine — what if I had to live alone without any family members?
