A boy walks towards the trees and asks them a history question. The trees do not answer him. Then, the boy sees two trees running back to their game world and he follows them, and so his journey begins.
This unusual story is part of video installations at the art exhibition titled “The Immortals Are Quite Busy These Days” by Nawin Nuthong, at Bangkok CityCity Gallery until Sunday. The exhibition combines Nawin’s interests in games and history.
“In this exhibition, I tried to explore history through games. The question is how games lead us to rediscover history. It is interesting to discuss narrative accounts about history and learn new ideas together. The exhibition portrays the spaces between the real and the virtual world where the boy, who talked…
