Return to Forever

Overview

8mm experimental short. Silence → Frenzy → Silence... An eternal refrain of death and life. In later interviews, Seiko Otobe perceived the "womb = universe." In this work, the sea, plant pulp and seeds, insects and parasites, etc., are linked through the human body, and humans are also connected within that chain. Inspired by the song of the same name, this early masterpiece depicts an accelerating cycle of reincarnation with a unique visceral sensibility.