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“The Dust of Commemoration, 2022
Multi channels video installation,

4K video, sound, 
Duration 9min 9Sec, loop
Dimension variable

 

“Reflection” is an art project that presents a perspective on memory. through the survey process Relive the stories of the past with Aunt Kham and Uncle Thoom, who are important people in the project implementation. As a Laotian who came to Thailand after the Lao Revolution in 1975, time, words and stories from Aunt Kham and Uncle Kai It is the source of thought that leads to the creation of new imaginations to watch the events of the past. Whether places, people, events and witness objects are replicated as representations.

 

Projection through direct experiences of Aunt Kham and Uncle Kai did not lead Offer only personal stories. but with the context of the area and the story It is also a reflection of another perspective. 

On the side of a 17-year-old Laotian woman who attended the event with Aunt Kham and the camp's uncle. before crossing the border Laos came to Thailand around the same time. The young woman in the story is "my mother". 2007, before her mother passed away that same year. Conversation between mother and child It happened and still flows in my mind. The story of my mother when she was selling at a market in Vientiane.

 

 

Even though it's just a picture from a fuzzy story, it's a story that has meaning and will never disappear from your mind. provoking the search for roots mother's rhizome The stories that my mother spoke only superficially lead to the quest. to get to know the mother of self in the lost time The Dust of Commemoration in this project is like a Travel in the borders of memory The destination may not be the destination of the journey. If it's an opportunity It is important

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