Halbeath

Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries
and Takuji Kogo for Candy Factory 2002

This is a multimedia flash film that tells a few different narratives at the same time. The main "story" relates to the story of Halbeath, Scotland where "South Korean Company Hyundai & LG started a project...for the construction of microchip plant... The construction of the factory was delayed by the financial crisis in Asia in those days. The factory was restarted by US Company Motorola since 2000. But now the factory is closed again since they left in 2001." This is the story relayed visually by clicking on the screen. Images of the closed and fenced off plant appear as a blight upon a once pristine landscape.

the song is actually a remix of two different songs. "Arirang" is an old Korean folk song that dates back at least 600 years. there are multiple versions of the song, this particular version was recorded in 1946. the other half is a Scottish folk song "I Ainse Loved a Lass" that also dates back several hundreds of years. both are love songs dealing with loss and help paint a picture of emotional desolation caused by the construction and abandonment of the plant.

The cel phone that forms the main image of the film clip represents Motorola, which is most well known for their cel phones.