North American Premiere
Re-discovered film negatives represent families of affluence who absorbed Thailand’s wealth, like parasites. The journey from analog to digital, and finally to AI-generated images, gradually evolves these captured faces into a new species of monster.
Thailand
2022
No Dialogue
Featured in:
MODES 2
Looking closer at archival images and stories from the past, these artists re-examine and re-create to establish history anew. A daring mix of approaches that excavate new ways of seeing old perspectives.
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Credits
Producer
Graiwoot Chulphongsathorn
Cinematography
Prapat Jiwarangsan
ANIM
Prapat Jiwarangsan
Editor
Prapat Jiwarangsan
Director
Prapat Jiwarangsan
Prapat Jiwarangsan is a visual artist and film director from Thailand. In his creative explorations, he incorporates a variety of media, especially photography, slides, and videos, to investigate and represent the relationships between history, memory, and politics in Thailand—particularly in relation to the theme of migration. Jiwarangsan has spent the last six years researching and making artwork that tackles the issues faced by migrant workers in Southeast Asia.