The Funeral

2020

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For many people, death is not the end, but a new journey. Through this video, Axl Le wanted to reflect on this journey by making the funeral itself a part of it.

"The Funeral" is the first film of the death trilogy. In the past two years, some relatives have left one after another, which made me start to seriously think about the meaning of life: what does death mean? For the deceased, for the bystanders, there are different meanings. The death trilogy are three works that I want to express with different story content and visuals: the universe, religion, and present.

Originally 8 minutes but shortened to 5 minutes, I wanted to get rid of unnecessary visual content to express my emotions. It is still a short film without dialogue, but all emotions are pinned on everything in this universe.

Director & Visual Artist: Axl Le

Music & SFX: Box of Toys Audio

Vocals: Nelly Monk

We pride ourselves in living in a more futuristic era.

We pride ourselves in living in a more civilized era.

We pride ourselves on the belief that this world should have more diverse voices and values.

But do these labels truly reflect the environment we are in?

Uncontrolled overtime work diminishes our resilience.

Social media invades our life and alters our thought patterns.

Our aesthetic standards are not more diversified; instead, they tend towards a uniformity.

“The First Metahuman” is not the first digital being in history, but hopefully, it can invite the audience to contemplate together.

Will we be consumed by these aesthetic standards?

After all, we all look different, imperfect as we may be, but we all have our own unique characteristics.