Clinch
Written, filmed, edited, directed by Yi Sa-Ra
Voice by Chuja Seo and Yeong Suk Jeong

Single-channel video installation | HD video, color, sound | 8:26 min | 2019

Clinch portrays an intergenerational, inter-Korean conflict between landlady and tenant as they share a small apartment in Washington Heights, New York City. Engaging both characters’ fear of displacement, the short film reveals the tension between them through a series of domestic still lifes captured by the tenant’s camera and continuing voicemails from the landlady.