Big ears Listen with Feet

Artistfilmmakers Bêka Lemoine take us to Bangkok on a one day hectic journey through the chaotic concrete jungle of the SouthAsian megacity Led by the moving personal story of Boonserm Premthada one of todays most important Thai architects the film unfolds through a free wander punctuated by stunning encounters events and places which have contributed to shape Premthadas unique identity and sensibility Deaf from birth the architect evokes how his disability led him to develop an alternative way of listening using his whole body as a resonance chamber of sound vibrations Despite their large ears elephants also perceive sound mostly through their feet Learning from elephants Boonserm has developed an architecture of the senses where sound vibrations become the voice of space