Associate Professor of English and Film Studies, Bryn Mawr College

“Wer“ Aesthetics in Contemporary Queer Thai Cinema

This talk explores queer film aesthetics deployed by artists and filmmakers in Thailand in response to censorship measures. The paper articulates a local Thai manifestation of camp that I call “wer” aesthetics. I read “wer” aesthetics as a complicit critique of Thai nationalism and a manifestation of a regional film aesthetics.