Butterfly

In Butterfly Seoungho Cho pursues an associative connection between a Buddhist drumming ritual and the pulsing drum solo in Iron Butterflys famous psychedelic rock song InAGaddaDaVida Chos mesmerizing documentation of the Buddhist ritual furthers the association by framing the drummer so that his movements resemble those of a butterfly beating its wings in air The unexpected intermixing of the meditative drumming and Iron Butterflys iconic hard rock classic adds introspective depth to a visually minimalist video