Jessadawut Hemtanon

The tragedy of ordinary family in a normal day

"Soft power is like love" is a phrase that came up after people discussed a cultural policy called Soft Power. This policy was heavily promoted by the new Thai government, which did not include the party that won the most votes, causing many people, especially young people, to be angry. One part of the Soft Power policy is the Maha Songkran World Water Festival 2024. This festival made the Songkran celebration last for 21 days in April 2024. Because of this festival, two former young lovers met again. Their relationship had end and when it end one of them, a political activist, ended it with the phrase "Our love is like Soft Power."

After Khemtid, a pigeon from the late 19th-Century Bangkok consumed a contaminated waste near Sanam Luang—a site shaped by overlapping histories of state power, ritual practice, and public life—time ceases to age him. For the next hundred years, Khemtid wanders the city beneath the shifting skies of Siam, bearing silent witness to the nation’s restless metamorphosis.

After the fall of Heaven (and others), a heartbroken man, along with wandering spirits, lay down and went 'Wee~!' together in front of the statues of Professor Pridi Banomyong and Professor Puey Ungphakorn at the Puey Ungphakorn Centenary Hall and Park. At the same time, other students arrived at this place, each with their own different purposes.