These are the kids I met on Koh Muk in Thailand. We shared about 3 words in common, but cinema, video and photography are international languages. Even though these kids had barely left their island (where there are no roads or cars, and many live hand to mouth as fishermen), they knew the language of film and the power of image. Look at their body language and mimicry of actors, singers, actions from films they had seen.
The seamless process of filming, editing and displaying what we did together was a delight and allowed me to engage with locals in a rich and mutually wonderful way. What's more it proved how globalised we are in our tendency to turn life into moments of performance in the presence of a camera.
Sometimes using visual language is easier to communicate with people.
ReplyDeleteThe children there are so active to get along with people... It looks like some western countries but not an Asian country.
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