où [2008]
(where* ) 1'21"
Music: U by Las Malas Amistades (Patio Bonito, 2007, Honest Jons Records)
Où is a series of snapshots taken in abandoned houses in the Alps or while their owners were absent. U is a song made in Bogotá written by a group of people that aren't musicians. U is what remains when the story is absent, when there are no words, when what could be there is guessed. U is the essence of a song. Où is what remains when the story is over, when there is no one left, when what could have been is evoked. Où is the essence of abandonment.
* The word Où (where in French) is pronounced [u] and so is, of course, the Spanish letter U.