Small Village and Its Remains
Chaisiri Jiwarangsan TH, 2009, 16', SD video
Nabua’s young villagers narrate theirs memories about dead people through portraits. They merrily share stories of them, giving us no sense of lament. Abandoned houses with the dead pictures listen to them silently. In the field at night, a photographer tries to distort the memories of the village. Na-Bua District had been classified as a high-risk area, where the inhabitants’ ancestors had been subjected to torture and mistreatment from soldiers, the stories that were continually being conveyed to me were the tales of the gentlemen’s grandparents and their struggle to survive. The image of the village that remains vividly in my mind’s eye depicts the houses, deserted in broad daylight, with only their framed faces, telling their silent stories, and the exterior shell of my conscience urging me to collect their tales and pass them on in the form of a short film. (CH. J.)
Fri 24/9 Kino SC 21:30
