Fever Room
- FEVER ROOM ( เมืองแสงหมด**)** A Projection Performance by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2015
- Length 90 minutes
- Cast Jenjira Pongpas, Banlop Lomnoi, Teenagers of Nabua
- 1st Assistant Director Sompot Chidgasornpongse
- Cinematographer Chatchai Suban
- Camera Assistant Thanayos Roopkhajorn
- Project’s Production Manager Chai Siris
- Visual Designer, Supervisor Rueangrit Suntisuk (Duck Unit)
- Lighting Designor Pornpan Arayaveerasid
- Sound Designers Koichi Shimizu & Akritchalerm Kalayanamitr
- Sound Assistant Chalermrat Kaweewattana
- Finance Parichart Pu-aree
- Post Supervisor Lee Chatametikool
Produced by the Asian Arts Theatre
Shot in Khon Kaen, Chaiyapum, Nakhon Phanom
First Performed in Gwangju, South Korea, at the Asian Arts Theatre, September 4, 2015
Fever Room features Jenjira (Jen) and Banlop (Itt), two of Apichatpong’s regular actors who also appear in his latest film, Cemetery of Splendour. Like the film, this projection-performance presents the layers of reality and fantasy. Apichatpong fuses his memories with the actors’ and fictionalises the narrative. Here the people takes refuge in dreams while their land is on a brink of collapse, echoing Thailand’s present state of military dictatorship.
Jen is undergoing a medical treatments that include surgeries to balance the length of the leg. While in the hospital, she crochets and dreams. Itt, who’s sleeping at another place, joins her in the dreams. She recounts her favourite places for him. He tells her about the land where he’s from, the land that is devoid of light. Even in his dream there’s no light. He’s harvesting the illuminations from her dreams for energy.
In Fever Room, Apichatpong documents personal and regional history as if they will soon disappear. A hospital is a transitional place of consciousness. The caves are explored for re-habitation. The Mekong River is observed by a group of anonymous young men on land and on the boats. The last evening is coming to a close.
