{"id":7859,"date":"2018-09-30T15:38:52","date_gmt":"2018-09-30T08:38:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kathmanduphotobkk.com\/?p=7859"},"modified":"2024-02-18T13:17:09","modified_gmt":"2024-02-18T06:17:09","slug":"future-the-white-wall-chakrit-leelachupong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kathmanduphotobkk.com\/?p=7859","title":{"rendered":"The White Wall \/ Chakrit Leelachupong"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kathmandu Photo Gallery<\/strong><\/p>\n

proudly presents<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u2018The White Wall\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

A photographic exhibition by <\/em><\/p>\n

Chakrit Leelachupong <\/strong><\/p>\n

3 November \u2013 28 December 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Opening party Sat 3 Nov from 6.30 \u2013 9.00 pm)<\/p>\n

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At first glance Chakrit Leelachupong<\/strong> seems merely to be toying with light & shadow in \u2018The White Wall\u2019. Unexpectedly, these black & white photographs actually record ordinary people\u2019s rituals of grief for their beloved King Rama 9, after he died in October 13, 2016 when the white wall that surrounds the Grand Palace, where King Bhumibol Adulyadej\u2019s body lay in state, became the place for simple displays of mourning by ordinary people.<\/p>\n

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Chakrit held a photographic vigil there, bearing witness to the phenomenal grief over the Kingdom\u2019s momentous loss. Says Chakrit, \u201cFor me, the white wall marks the dividing line between the living & the dead.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Curator Manit Sriwanichpoom: \u201cThe camera angle, the composition, and the selective close-up framing that accentuates the shadows, all imbue this series with an eerie mystery, as if the worshippers were performing some occult rite as invisible souls congregate around them.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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A professional photographer based in Bangkok, Chakrit Leelachupong (b. 1988), graduated in business administration from Assumption University in 2012 but fell in love with photography, which has become his life & livelihood. \u2018The White Wall\u2019 is his first solo exhibition at Kathmandu Photo Gallery.<\/p>\n

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