The beginning of the story is that I found a rusty escape sling located
on the leisurely second-floor balcony. When I was picturing the possibility of
people using this object, I accidentally discovered an animation video that the
fire department made: a man with a horse face (? ) demonstrates how to use the
escape sling to get out of the fire scene. Such amiable and even
ridiculous image shows the immeasurable and unimaginable distance between us
and the disaster, so the escape sling continues to have an undetectable
oxidizing effect along with the air flowing on the balcony.
I disassembled the escape sling, scattered its parts along the
escape path on the second floor, and then tied the disc that was supposed to
throw out from the balcony to the door with a motor. It becomes the first
contradictory role to the people in the building. The disc would then keep
pushing against the door leading to the balcony, trying to alarm that something
is happening. After the audience pushing the door, the cloth horse mask would
be pulled up and become the second contradictory role. Synchronizing with the
surveillance screen next to the door, the remake escape-sling-demonstration
animation video is broadcasted. While the "horse" performs each step,
the background is replaced with the corners or details of the space where the
audience is. I tried to put the above-mentioned continuous actions back into
the original escape path. Still, the unsuccessful disaster is like Déjà vu,
becoming an eternally belated punch line in life.
