A filmic essay, “Curatorial Relationship,” interrogates the relationship between the family photograph, memory, and history. Through the reminiscence of funeral ceremonies, the film explores how the modern Thai nation-state utilizes photographic culture and collective memory as political tools. Here, the act of personal recollection on funeral images, curated with a different form of narration, projects an entwined relationship between the individual citizen-subject and the state where the shift from the personal memories to a public ceremony reflects the hegemony of the state over individual experiences. In this case, such hegemony is examined through the visual culture of death and its rituals.
