Nanut Thanapornrapee

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The film opens in a shadowy museum, where dim, mysterious light reveals a collection chronicling the rich and complex history of elephants in Thailand. A film crew arrives to shoot an interview with an elephant that, through magical means, can speak. The elephant begins recounting the collective memories of its kind, spanning from the time before the birth of Buddha to the Elephant of Bastille, the 19th-century war between France and Prussia, and the night before Thailand’s revolution in 1932. But as the stories unfold, the weight of these memories overwhelms the elephant, leaving it visibly distressed. Hoping to provide comfort, the crew softly sings an elephant song, เพลงช้าง Thai traditional song, the melody calms the elephant, lulling it into a peaceful sleep.

Nanut Thanapornrapee

Nanut Thanapornrapee is an artist and filmmaker based in Bangkok, Thailand who uses experimental film, videogame, AI, VJ (visual-jocking), and DJ as tools to explore meta-narratives and alternative history. He received a Seed Award 2021 by Prince Claus Fund and participated in Mobile Lab at Documenta 15th 2022. Previous exhibitions include *Lord of Shadow* (the 5th Fl, Tokyo, 2024)*,* *A Real Engine: 18th Digital Art Festival Taipei 2023* (National Science Education Center, Taipei, 2023)*, A Kind of Alchemy: The Work of Art in the Age of Artificial Intelligence* (Virtual Exhibition, DAHJ Gallery, Munich, 2023). Previous film screening include Bangkok Experimental Film Festival 7th (Bangkok, Thailand, 2025), Busan International Short Film Festival 2025, 12th Kyiv International Short Film Festival: Neither Artificial Nor Intelligent (Ukraine), Milan Machinima (Museum of Interactive Cinema Milan, Milan, Italy)

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