Luminous Flux
Whispers in the Water
2020 / 9’ 00’’ / 4:3 / 16mm transferred to digital / Stereo
Synopsis
A woman who talks with dead people explores different dimensions of language through her memories that involve whispers and water. She learns, unlearns, and relearns how to speak. At the end of her journey, she encounters an existence whose voice resembles hers and sees how a language emerges from her breath.
DIRECTOR / CINEMATOGRAPHER / EDITOR
Onyou Oh
ASSISTANT CAMERA
Ximo Xiao
CHOREOGRAPHERS
Onyou Oh
Siye Zhang
PERFORMERS
Onyou Oh
Heehyun Choi
Shi Tang
Alicia Pak
Mao Tokunaga
Screenings
Screening, Alternative Space LOOP, November 2023
Screening, Los Angeles Filmforum, April 2023
Official Selection, Images Festival, April 2023
Official Selection, GRRL HAUS Cinema’s Best of 2022, December 2022
Official Selection, Sister Midnight Film Festival, November 2022
Official Selection, Florence Korea Film Fest, April 2022
Official Selection, San Diego Underground Film Festival, December 2021
Screening, Millennium Film Workshop, November 2021
Official Selection, EXiS: Experimental Film & Video Festival in Seoul, September 2021
Official Selection, Jeonju International Film Festival, May 2021
2020 / 9’ 00’’ / 4:3 / 16mm transferred to digital / Stereo
Synopsis
A woman who talks with dead people explores different dimensions of language through her memories that involve whispers and water. She learns, unlearns, and relearns how to speak. At the end of her journey, she encounters an existence whose voice resembles hers and sees how a language emerges from her breath.
DIRECTOR / CINEMATOGRAPHER / EDITOR
Onyou Oh
ASSISTANT CAMERA
Ximo Xiao
CHOREOGRAPHERS
Onyou Oh
Siye Zhang
PERFORMERS
Onyou Oh
Heehyun Choi
Shi Tang
Alicia Pak
Mao Tokunaga
Screenings
Screening, Alternative Space LOOP, November 2023
Screening, Los Angeles Filmforum, April 2023
Official Selection, Images Festival, April 2023
Official Selection, GRRL HAUS Cinema’s Best of 2022, December 2022
Official Selection, Sister Midnight Film Festival, November 2022
Official Selection, Florence Korea Film Fest, April 2022
Official Selection, San Diego Underground Film Festival, December 2021
Screening, Millennium Film Workshop, November 2021
Official Selection, EXiS: Experimental Film & Video Festival in Seoul, September 2021
Official Selection, Jeonju International Film Festival, May 2021