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22. Mourning Glory
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The apocalyptic counter-strike and mayhem of the consequent meltdown of Wednesday, May the 19th has left a still-weeping, iconic wound that will fester for years to come.
Sadder still though, the coupling of the the glorious state-claimed victory over terrorism with the mass, material mourning of this city infrastructure leaves little room for the individual lives lost in the final flourishes of the crackdown.
Written and directed by Rupert James.
Music by Stars of the Lid.
Sadder still though, the coupling of the the glorious state-claimed victory over terrorism with the mass, material mourning of this city infrastructure leaves little room for the individual lives lost in the final flourishes of the crackdown.
Written and directed by Rupert James.
Music by Stars of the Lid.
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The film utilises figurative wounds, rather than actual physical suffering, as it’s central storytelling motif – initially smoking, wrangled Ratchaprasong infrastructure, city property and lost loot, and more significantly hastily abandoned personal items, such as orphaned shoes, empty suitcases, broken eggs and half-eaten noodles – very deliberately, as the existence of debris (and the absence of the human form) as well as providing more than adequately, I feel, universally recognisable evidence of a side to the story that was rarely documented, allow for a poignantly and memorable probing of the whereabouts of thousands of protestors.
Background to the aftermath can be found my initial blog post and the CNNGo preview of the exhibition, PROXY ช้ำใน, in which the film is currently screening.
And for a closer inspection, debris stills from the film will be shown at the Bangkok Art and Cultural Center’s Imagine Peace exhibition later this month.
thehumanwrycorporation.blogspot.com/2010/05/whats-story-mourning-or-glory_24.html
cnngo.com/bangkok/life/proxy-reflections-aftermath-637654
bacc.or.th/exhibition/detail/guid/3cec171e6cba99236028fe6ab9086517
One scene that moved me was the red written words on the hat, it was mis-spelling. Do they even know what they were fighting for? They imitate this riot with the historical Ayotaya's battle.
Wonderful work, Rupert.
I would like to point out that although led and financed by insidiously evil forces with self-serving motives, a large majority at the demonstrations saw this as their only hope of protesting against the imbalance and double standards in Thai society.
With little access to quality education and fewer opportunities beyond that it's not surprising many in lower income groups can't spell.
arabawy.org/2010/08/24/mourning-glory/