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Spectrality and the plural body: a comparative study of the works of Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Korakrit Arunanondchai

Naidenov, Yana 2024. Spectrality and the plural body: a comparative study of the works of Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Korakrit Arunanondchai. Intersectional Perspectives: Identity, Culture, and Society 3 , pp. 52-79. 10.18573/ipics.124

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Abstract

This article surveys the role of the spectral body as a device of transgression, multiplicity and entanglement, through a comparative study of the film Uncle Boonmee Who Recalls His Past Lives (2010), by the contemporary artist and filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul, and short film installation by contemporary artist Korakrit Arunanondchai, titled No History in a Room Filled with People with Funny Names 5 (2018) at Serralves Contemporary Art Museum, Porto, co-produced with Alex Gjovic and boychild. The body enacts a spectral, pluralistic device in the narrative strategies devised by the authors, traversing physical and spiritual dimensions in diegetic and extra-diegetic spaces, entangling subjects, territories, esoteric and spiritual traditions, postcolonial histories, and sociological dimensions.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Subjects: P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN1993 Motion Pictures
Publisher: Cardiff University Press
ISSN: 2752-3497
Date of First Compliant Deposit: 24 March 2026
Date of Acceptance: 7 March 2023
Last Modified: 24 Mar 2026 11:27
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/185981

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