MAN AND GRAVITY

Jakrawal Nilthamrong | Thailand 2009 | 11 min.

Material: HDV
Format: Beta SP
Original language: no dialogues

Script: Jakrawal Nilthamrong
Camera: Likkhasit Prachkul
Sound: Shubhajog Jumsai Na Ayuhaya
Editing: Jakrawal Nilthamrong

With Sommhai Angkew

Production: Jakrawal Nilthamrong
Print/Sales: Mit Out Sound Films

"The Man and Gravity Project is based on a quote by Buddhadasa, a Buddhist monk master. I was impressed by his thinking, the way he saw the world and instructed us through writings and poems. Basically what I do is visualizing his quote into film. In one of his book he quoted, 'Karma is a subtle and all-encompassing principle, which governs Man's experiential universe such gravity's governance over the physical plane. It is Karma that's always there, in its fullest potency to convey people, even when people did not comprehend.'

I symbolize the invisible gravity as Karma by having a man performing a difficult task to win over gravity (destiny). The film takes place near a cement factory where we see mountains that are deformed by a series of blasts. Together with a man struggling to transport heavy recycle garbage. It is a visual metaphor reflecting the idea of reincarnation." – Jakrawal Nilthamrong

Jakrawal Nilthamrong, born in 1977 in Lopburi, Thailand. Graduated in Print Making from Silpakorn University, Bangkok Thailand in 2001. Went to study aboard in the US. In 2003 moved from Washington D.C. to New York City to study a certificate program in computer graphic and video editing at Pratt Institute, New York. In 2004, decided to move to Chicago to attend the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and completed the MFA in 2006. In 2008 he participated at the Berlinale Talent Campus. He lives and works in Amsterdam.

Films (selection): Patterns of Transcendence 2006 | A Voyage of Foreteller 2007 | Are you rolling 2008 | Orchestra 2008 | Man and Gravity 2009

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