BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:26184@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:The Frame Cannot Hold the Ghosts DTSTAMP:20260817T221336Z DTSTART:20260927T140000Z DTEND:20260927T160000Z DESCRIPTION:A screening and reading programme with Komtouch Napattalong\, K aisa Saarinen\, and\nBart Seng Wen Long\, which extends out from the trio’ s collective installation\,\nbringing focus to their distinct yet sympathe tic forms of narration and\nstorytelling. In collaboration with the Prince Claus Fund.\n\nLingering within the hallowed space of the make-shift rubb er tapper shelter in\nthe main exhibition gallery\, between the CRT monito r and the modern flatscreen\nand the stacks of anarchronistic agitprop\, a re persistent ghosts biding their\ntime to re-manifest: as kinky anecdotes of a middle-aged Singaporean rubberist\;\na veteran camcorder on its last pixels\; eccentric mythologies that have built\nand continue to sustain a nation’s spirit\; the dreams sustained by freebleeding\ntrees night after night.\n\nThey gather in the screening and reading programme\, The Frame Cannot Hold the\nGhosts\, which expands on the various themes entangled wi thin the installation\,\nfeaturing three short films\, an interview with a gimp\, and excerpts from a\nhybrid nonfiction-in-progress.\n\nTicket: €7\ ,50Student and solidarity ticket: €5\n\nBuy your tickets via Eventbrite.\n [https://www.eventbrite.nl/e/1997444079010?aff=oddtdtcreator]\n\n\nFILM PR OGRAMME\n\nPhi Pattana / In Sum (2026)\, 17minsCorroded pixels struggle to form an image as\nthey move through Cold War promises of development in r ural Thailand\, haunted by\narchival voices.\n\nEmergencies (2025)\, 15 mi nsA Singaporean man mixes up two memories: one of a\ncolonial-era propagan da film about communist insurgencies in rubber plantations\,\nand another of his Malaysian ex-playmate.\n\nNo Exorcism Film (2024)\, 20 minsAs one r obotic voice recounts nightmarish\nreturns to Thailand\, another seeks to console.\n\nField Interview #2 (2025)\, 5 minsOn the elevated walkway of S ingapore’s\nPlantation District\, a social housing estate built on top of a colonial-era\nrubber plantation\, M. Shah hones his kickboxing drills cl ad in his preferred\nsportswear – a head-to-toe rubber suit.\n\nAll of It Transforms into Something Nobody Knows (Ongoing)Emerging from and\nbuildin g on an ongoing research-based art project around rubber\, All of It\nTran sformed into Something Nobody Knows is a hybrid non-fiction book that\nexp lores the material as a commodity fetish & fetish commodity.\n\nKomtouch N apattaloong (he/him) is a visual artist and filmmaker based in\nThailand. Working across experimental\, documentary\, and ‘“post-documentary’”\ncine matic forms\, his practice involves identity deconstructions\, migration\n narratives\, and historical translations to examine the nature of memory\, \ndisplacement\, and image agency.\n\nKaisa Saarinen (she/her) is a Finnis h researcher\, poet\, and novelist based in\nLondon. She writes about fals e dichotomies\, country girls lost in the dazzle of\nbig cities and other underdogs\, strange desires and painful transformations\,\nwith particular attention to the absurd pleasures and frequent horrors of living\nthrough an ongoing apocalypse. Together with Bart Seng Wen Long\, she is leading\ nthe Rubber Dreams of its Lifetime project.\n\nBart Seng Wen Long (he/him) is a Singaporean artist\, filmmaker and curator based\nin London. His pra ctice spans moving images\, photography\, expanded cinema and\nperformance \, revolving around confrontations between reality and fantasy\, and\nhow in the heat of such encounters\, they reveal the interconnectedness of thi ngs\nwithin the political economy of desire. URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/the-frame-cannot-hold-the-ghosts GEO:52.3737514;4.8959885 LOCATION:W139 - Warmoesstraat 139\, 1012 JB Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:amsterdam-centrum,books,documentary,event,exhibition,experimenta l,film,oude kerk,performance,screening,storytelling X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

A screening and reading programme with Komt ouch Napattalong, Kaisa Saarinen, and Bart Seng Wen Long, which extends ou t from the trio’s collective installation, bringing focus to their distinc t yet sympathetic forms of narration and storytelling. In collaboration wi th the Prince Claus Fund.

Lingering within the hallowed space of the make-shift rubber tapper shelter in the main exhibition gallery, between the CRT monitor and the modern flatscreen and the stacks of anarchroni stic agitprop, are persistent ghosts biding their time to re-manifest : as kinky anecdotes of a middle-aged Singaporean rubberist; a veteran cam corder on its last pixels; eccentric mythologies that have built and conti nue to sustain a nation’s spirit; the dreams sustained by freebleeding tre es night after night.

They gather in the screening and reading progr amme, The Frame Cannot Hold the Ghosts, which expands on the vari ous themes entangled within the installation, featuring three short films, an interview with a gimp, and excerpts from a hybrid nonfiction-in-progre ss.

Ticket: €7,50Student and solidarity ticket: €5

Buy your ticket s via Eventbrite.

Film programme

Phi Pattana / In Su m (2026), 17minsCorroded pixels struggle to form an image as they mov e through Cold War promises of development in rural Thailand, haunted by a rchival voices.

Emergencies (2025), 15 minsA Singaporean ma n mixes up two memories: one of a colonial-era propaganda film about commu nist insurgencies in rubber plantations, and another of his Malaysian ex-p laymate.

No Exorcism Film (2024), 20 minsAs one robotic voi ce recounts nightmarish returns to Thailand, another seeks to console.

Field Interview #2 (2025), 5 minsOn the elevated walkway of Si ngapore’s Plantation District, a social housing estate built on top of a c olonial-era rubber plantation, M. Shah hones his kickboxing drills clad in his preferred sportswear – a head-to-toe rubber suit.

All of It Transforms into Something Nobody Knows (Ongoing)Emerging from and bu ilding on an ongoing research-based art project around rubber, All of It Transformed into Something Nobody Knows is a hybrid non-fiction bo ok that explores the material as a commodity fetish & fetish commodity .

Komtouch Napattaloong (he/him) is a visual artist and filmmaker based in Thailand. Working across experimental, documentary , and ‘“post-documentary’” cinematic forms, his practice involves identity deconstructions, migration narratives, and historical translations to exa mine the nature of memory, displacement, and image agency.

K aisa Saarinen (she/her) is a Finnish researcher, poet, and noveli st based in London. She writes about false dichotomies, country girls lost in the dazzle of big cities and other underdogs, strange desires and pain ful transformations, with particular attention to the absurd pleasures and frequent horrors of living through an ongoing apocalypse. Together with B art Seng Wen Long, she is leading the Rubber Dreams of its Lifetime project.

Bart Seng Wen Long (he/him) is a Singap orean artist, filmmaker and curator based in London. His practice spans mo ving images, photography, expanded cinema and performance, revolving aroun d confrontations between reality and fantasy, and how in the heat of such encounters, they reveal the interconnectedness of things within the politi cal economy of desire.

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