Players

Players, 2010

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Players portrays a community of 6 poker professionals who live amongst a larger poker community in Bangkok. Playing poker is more a job than a compulsion for them, but the rules that govern their community follow the logic of the game. They use probability theory, the fundamental theory of poker, to ensure that they treat each other justly, and that everyone contributes equally. The systematic and analytical way these poker players look at everyday life may seem absurd, and their life style is easy to judge, but this shock may be due more to them ignoring their original society than related to the way they have built their own.

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Supported by: Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten