94 mins |
Rated
E Exempt
Big Ears Listen With Feet takes us to Bangkok to explore the story of Boonserm Premthada, one of today’s most important Thai architects. Deaf from birth, Premthada tells the story of how his impairment led him to develop an alternative way of listening, using his whole body as a resonance chamber of sound vibrations. Inspired by elephants and their ability to perceive sound mostly through their feet, Premthada has developed an architecture of the senses where sound vibrations become the voice of space. Instead of focusing solely on Premthada’s buildings, acclaimed directors Ila Bêka and Louise Lemoine unfold his legacy through a free wander, punctuated by encounters, events and places.
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Big Ears Listen With Feet takes us to Bangkok to explore the story of Boonserm Premthada, one of today’s most important Thai architects. Deaf from birth, Premthada tells the story of how his impairment led him to develop an alternative way of listening, using his whole body as a resonance chamber of sound vibrations. Inspired by elephants and their ability to perceive sound mostly through their feet, Premthada has developed an architecture of the senses where sound vibrations become the voice of space. Instead of focusing solely on Premthada’s buildings, acclaimed directors Ila Bêka and Louise Lemoine unfold his legacy through a free wander, punctuated by encounters, events and places.