Yah Mon

A torturing torch singer's whiny wail drifts over her audience, falling on the plaid covered double-breasted man. Do their eyes really meet or is this un-requited love? This atmospheric vignette, derived from 1930-1940 hollywood movies and Vietnamese club music, highlights this chanteuse who is part Madame Butterfly, part Jessica Rabbit. Derived from a longer film work "Subkonscio Redukta Tricikla", one never knows what possibilities lay ahead for these smoke covered characters.

Artist's Statement
The process of doing obscure dramas often involves being able to digest a lot of imagery and aesthetic concepts. Working with non-verbal methods of conveying ideas is tricky and inaccurate but often more interesting than dialogue-type drama.

2 minutes 4 seconds, 1992.