Rirkrit Tiravanija : 2011
A contemplative look at one man's humble dialogue with his surroundings. At the age of sixty, Lung Neaw finds himself retired from his life as a rice farmer in a small village in the northern Thai province of Chiang Mai. Away from the chatter and noise of recent political upheaval in the capital Bangkok and the demand for democratic reforms, we follow Lung Neaw in his daily life. We see Lung Neaw living off the land that he has known since he was born, fishing, hunting and foraging for herbs and vegetation in the open fields and forest nearby his home. He goes about the chores of living and fills up his idle time with the practicalities of a rural existence. In between, he finds time to spend with neighbours, from the local sage, to the ailing and aged elephant king deep in the valley, to children who play in his front yard and the youngsters at the local watering hole. Lung Neaw is known in the surrounding villages and his own as the man without enemies, a fair man without judgement and humble with his humility. The documentary premiered in the Orizzonti selection at La Biennale di Venezia 2011.
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