THE CHERRY ORCHARD

Two channel video installation, 2011

Projected on a plaster object and a drywall 

dimensions: 240cm x 70cm x 20cm, 120cm x 140cm

03:12 min. in a loop

In “The cherry orchard” my family is performing an Eastern European ritual of sitting together before departure. My father whistles a waltz by Aram Khachaturian. 

The second channel shows a different part of the room where the family was sitting. We can see the same window, only with a blooming cherry tree behind it.

Sound of singing birds comes from the window with the cherry tree.

If viewers stand in a certain spot in the middle between the 2 channels, the waltz and the bird singing collide into one.