A visual and thematic exploration of the idea of ‘mental time travel’, shifting between documentary and fiction, between remembering the past
and simulating the future. The film acts as a structural model through
loops, repetitions and layering – until a completely new structure is
created. The focal point of this structure is the portrayal of Thai noise
musician Thom Assajan-Jakgawan (known as Thom AJ Madson). Thom decided
to impose solitary confinement on himself in a small room – a form of hibernation – and meditate on an experiment to give a sound to a plumeria tree.
Deploying feedback loops, among other techniques, he alternates between creating sound experiments and continuing the meditative rhythms of his daily spiritual routine. Later, he finds himself morphing into an invisible
entity. As he tries to retrieve his body, he finds another invisible
person inhabiting it.
Also in this combined programme
-
Song X
A group of teenagers conducts a cremation ceremony for a man who is entering the afterlife while still being sought by the military for deserting. -
Illusions
Grada Kilomba places the African oral tradition of storytelling in a contemporary context, recovering the memories and realities of a postcolonial wor -
While I Write: Act III of The Desire Project
With the written word as the only visual element, Grada Kilomba gives a voice to an individual who has been historically silenced by colonial narrativ -
Plantation Memories: Part I
An exploration of everyday racism reveals how much this places the black subject in a colonial setting where s/he once again is reduced to the… -
Plantation Memories: Part II
An exploration of everyday racism reveals how much this places the black subject in a colonial setting where s/he once again is reduced to the…
Film details
- Country of production
- Thailand
- Year
- 2018
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2018
- Length
- 22'
- Medium/Format
- DCP
