
Cinema After Dark
- Publisher
- 89books
- Year
- 2021
- Specifications
- Softcover with dust jacket
32 x 23 cm
88 pages
4 color photographs, 43 black and white photographs
Digital print
Edition of 89 copies + 11 artist's proofs
UV print on Setalux
Text by Kimmo Kauko
Design by 89books
Bangkok is packed with visual treasures. Some stand proudly as landmarks of the city. Others are hidden down winding back alleyways and in the warrens of old Bangkok. One such treasure is the FrieseGreene Club, perhaps the smallest cinema in Asia, with only nine seats.
It is in a converted shophouse surrounded by slightly dubious massage parlours, and it seems utterly incongruous to its surroundings. The owner allowed me to use it as a location for a photoshoot. As we finished our shoot, the cinema started to prepare for the evening screening, and as the images of the film were projected onto the screen, our model happened to pass in front of the projector beam, I quickly reached for my camera, and in a happy accident, the model seemed for a moment to be captured within the film itself. This collection is an homage to the magic of cinema, an ode to the FrieseGreene Club, and a celebration of beauty.