Andrew Thomas Huang: The Deer of Nine Colours
Step into a hypnotic, dreamlike film and sculpture installation offering a modern sci-fi retelling of a Buddhist folktale.
Mythology, science fiction, animal extinction, reincarnation, and queer ancestral futurism coalesce into a dreamlike experience of transformation and return.
The Deer of Nine Colours is a modern sci-fi retelling of the Buddhist folktale The Nine-Coloured Deer from the Jataka Tales.
Commissioned by the Thailand Biennale, the narrative follows a Thai woman who retraces her past life as a wild deer in order to find her true name. When she finds the courage to name herself, she transforms into the nine-coloured deer and attains true bliss.
Andrew Thomas Huang is a visual artist and film director known for his music videos for artists including Björk, FKA twigs and Atoms for Peace. In 2019, Huang was nominated for a Grammy for his music video for FKA twigs’ ‘Cellophane’.
Co-produced by Onassis ONX.
Creative Intelligence is commissioned and produced by the Southbank Centre. Curated with PACT – Planetary Art Culture Technology.
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Monday, closed.
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