Rhythms of Bangkok: Blending Film, Massage, and Watermelon Juice

Dear friends,

I am already in my second week in Bangkok and have found a good rhythm.

To start the day, I get myself a fresh watermelon juice from the shop around the corner.

Afterwards, I treat myself to a 1.5-hour Thai massage. In the place I always visit, they practice traditional Thai massage from the Wat Po temple. Next week, I plan to do a short course there, especially because my new film is set in a massage parlour.

Then, I have lunch in a cosy street restaurant and grab a coffee nearby. People already recognize me because I order the same things every day.

The rest of my time is spent developing the script for my new film, interrupted only by walks to the watermelon juice store.

I initially tried to create the story of my film logically, thinking about what would happen if… Then, yesterday, I watched an interview with the legendary movie director Akira Kurosawa. He said the most important thing about writing a script is to… write the script. The story will unfold in the process. So, yesterday I started writing down the story, not just planning it. And so far, it’s going well.

Besides writing and reading, I am collaborating with Art Camp from New York on some beautiful AI experiments.

I also just finished six video clips for Len Faki’s project Hardspace, which I created with TouchDesigner. (link)

I also want to share that the book “Spells, A Compendium of the Most Powerful Prompts” is now on Kickstarter. It’s a beautiful project by Max Kuwertz, and I am proud to have my work featured in it.

Today felt more like a diary entry, and I hope that’s okay with you.
Soon, I will talk again about AI and all the technical stuff from the creative world.

Thank you for reading!

Marius