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The Desk that Feared

The Desk that Feared

2024 · 17:20 min.

  • Thai title ความกลัวของโต๊ะทำงาน
  • Length 17:20 minutes
  • Format 2K (2048 × 1080), 24P
  • Language Thai
  • Colour / Sound Colour, sound
  • Year 2024
  • Poems A Small Fire and The Desk That Feared by Uten Mahamid
  • Translation Kong Rithdee
  • Camera Chatchai Suban
  • Sound Mix Akritchalerm Kalayanamitr
  • Sound Mixing Facility Kantana Sound Studio, Bangkok
  • Post Production White Light Studio, Bangkok
  • Acknowledgments Chai Bhatana, Patcharapa Inchang, Somporn Ruensai, Sita Kiatneramit, Supapit Chirattikanon, Kelly Davis
  • Edited and Directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul
  • Centre Pompidou, Department of Culture and Creation Director: Mathieu Potte-Bonneville
  • Centre Pompidou, Cinema Department Judith Revault d’Allonnes, Charlène Dinhut, Eva Markovits, Catherine Quiriet, Baptiste Coutureau, Carles Torres

The Desk That Feared is part of the collection Where Are You Now?, initiated by the Centre Pompidou, and was commissioned by the museum in 2024. It is built around two poems by the Thai poet Uten Mahamid, A Small Fire and The Desk That Feared, translated by Kong Rithdee.

© Apichatpong Weerasethakul / Commissioned by the Centre Pompidou, 2024

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