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SUMMARY:Photo Exhibition “Life Stories of Klong Toey 2006 – 2026” by Yoonki Kim
DESCRIPTION:Background \nKhlong Toey (meaning pandan leaf canal) is an urban district in Bangkok expressing the city profound socio-economic divides. Right in the heart of the capital and close to the main port\, Khlong Toey hosts the city’s largest low-income community of about 100\,000 people. Born in the 1950s on land owned by the Port Authority of Thailand out of a squatter settlement of migrants from the North and the North East of Thailand\, it continues to expand as the need for cheap housing remains among the many who arrive in Bangkok in search of better livelihoods. Today\, a unique mix of people\, including from outside Thailand\, crowd a low and swamp-like area of about 1.5 square kilometers with their tiny and fragile homes and makes a living with limited means and amidst poor sanitation and health care\, crime and drug addiction among others. \nThe photo exhibition “Life Stories of Klong Toey” was first organized by SEA Junction in the first floor of BACC on 10-22 July 2018.  Now\, for the 20th anniversary of his work\, a larger exhibition with continued chronicles of the lives of seven residents between 2006 and 2026 will be held from 3 – 15 March 2026\, on the Curved Wall\, 4th Floor of the BACC. As the photographer tells it\, he did his first photos in 2006 as part of a project focusing on poverty and deprivation. However\, as time passed\, he saw that there was much more to the life of the “have nots” and started to appreciate the uniqueness of the community and people’s resilience\, solidarity in finding communal solutions\, and openness in receiving new comers\, notwithstanding the tensions and up and down of daily life. \nHis project “70Rai project” named after a part of the slum\, became his life work and he has kept making weekly visits to the community and taken thousands of photos of the people who live there. By sharing his chronicles of a few Khlong Toey residents\, Kim Yoonki hopes that the exhibition will confront some of the stereotypes about “poor people” and foster the respect they deserve. \nDetails of the exhibition opening will be shared later. \n \nFor more information\, please email: info@seajunction.org or phone/wa: +66970024140 \nNB: The event is free\, donations are welcome to support SEA Junction activities. \nPhotographer Short Bio \nKim Yoonki was born in 1955 and was raised and lived in Seoul until 1994 when he settled in Bangkok. He is a self-taught photographer who has started the 70Rai project in an underprivileged area of Khlongtoey\, Bangkok in January 2006. Every week he visits the area and takes pictures using only black and white films of the people and the community and donate the prints to them.  He is also making a website with the archive of all the photos taken ensuring access for the people of Klong Toey. \nOrganizer \nSEA Junction\, OUR Venue on Southeast Asia  \nSEA Junction aims to foster understanding and appreciation of Southeast Asia in all its socio-cultural dimensions –from arts and lifestyles to economy and development. Conveniently located at Room 408 of the Bangkok Arts and Culture Centre or BACC (across MBK\, BTS National Stadium) SEA junction facilitates public access to knowledge resources and exchanges among students\, practitioners and Southeast Asia lovers. For more information see www.seajunction.org and join the Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/1693055870976440/ \n
URL:https://seajunction.org/event/photo-exhibition-life-stories-of-klong-toey-2006-2026-by-yoonki-kim/
LOCATION:Curve wall\, 4th floor\, BACC
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SUMMARY:Film Screening Life and Death at Preah Vihear
DESCRIPTION:Preah Vihear\, also known as Prasat Preah Vihear (Khmer)/ Khao Phra Viharn (Thai)\, is an 11th-century Hindu temple devoted to Shiva. Perched atop a 525-meter cliff in the Dângrêk Mountains along the Cambodia–Thailand border\, it is celebrated for its remarkable Khmer architectural design. In 2008\, it was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Over the years\, the temple has been at the center of territorial disputes between Cambodia and Thailand due to competing territorial claims based on lines drawn on a 1907 colonial French-produced map leaving space for interpretations.  \nThe historical documentary produced by David A. Feingold in 2015\, examines the recurrent disputes that occurred between 2008 and 2013. Filmed over five years in both Thailand and Cambodia\, Life and Death of Preah Vihear explores how historical mapping\, shifting concepts of borders\, and evolving national narratives have shaped relations between the two countries. In addition\, the film also highlights the magnificence and mystical symbolism of the temple itself\, via usage of rare\, archival footage.  In the words of Bambi B. Schieffelin\, Collegiate Professor\, Professor\, Anthropology\, New York University:   \n“This compelling documentary conveys how maps\, senses of place and time\, sovereignty\, and religion are drawn into on-going struggles about the contested location of Preah Vihear Temple – Cambodia or Thailand. Using historical and contemporary sources\, experts and ordinary citizens\, the film offers multiple perspectives and insights into how borders and sentiments about them are implicated in domestic and international politics in surprising\, and devastating ways\, that continue into the present. Highly relevant to area studies\, the films would add to courses on memory\, politics\, place\, and religion. The film raises important questions for anthropology and cultural studies.”   \nThe screening will take place at SEA Junction\, room 407-8\, 4th Floor\, BACC on 10 March 2026 on 5.30–7.00 pm. The film is 51 minutes long\, it will be in English\, Thai and Khmer with English subtitles. The director of the film\, David A. Feingold\, will be present for the Q&A session\, moderated by Rosalia Sciortino\, Director of SEA Junction. The Q&A session will be in English.  \nFilm Information \nDirector\, Writer\, Producer: David A. Feingold\nDirector of Photography: Stanley Staniski\nEditor: Sam Lee\nProducer (Thailand): Satharn Pairaoh\nProducer (Cambodia): Marina Pok\nNarrator: Paul Bellantoni \nBiography Director  \nDavid A. Feingold is a research anthropologist and an award-winning documentary filmmaker. He is currently director of the Ophidian Research Institute/Ophidian Films Ltd. For fifteen years\, he served as International Coordinator for HIV/AIDS and Trafficking at UNESCO\, Bangkok\, where he developed and directed this regional program. He conducted extensive field research in Southeast Asia over five decades\, particularly among Akha and Shan peoples\, and in Cambodia. Feingold’s films have been made for PBS\, NBC\, ABC\, BBC\, CH-4 (U.K.)\, FR-3(France)\, and The National Geographic.  \n \nFor more information\, please email: info@seajunction.org or phone/wa: +66970024140  \nNB: The event is free\, donations are welcome to support SEA Junction activities.  \nOrganizers \nOphidian Films Ltd. produces long-form documentaries on complex issues for international television\, based upon intensive research. Ophidian has filmed in Cambodia\, Thailand\, Burma\, Laos\, Mozambique\, Peru\, as well as the U.S. Ophidian has specialized in films with unique access to difficult areas and subjects. For a partial sample of their films\, please go to www.der.org.  \nSEA Junction\, established under the Thai non-profit organization Foundation for Southeast Asia Studies (ForSEA)\, aims to foster understanding and appreciation of Southeast Asia in all its socio-cultural dimensions\, from arts and lifestyles to economy and development. Conveniently located at Room 407-8 of the Bangkok Arts and Culture Center or BACC (across MBK\, BTS National Stadium)\, SEA Junction facilitates public access to knowledge resources and exchanges among students\, practitioners and Southeast Asia lovers. More information at http://seajunction.org/. \n
URL:https://seajunction.org/event/film-screening-life-and-death-at-preah-vihear/
LOCATION:SEA Junction\, 4th floor\, BACC
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