The Light of Longing (2021) is a diptych photographic work taken by Apichatpong from an abandoned hotel on the Mekong River bank in Nong Khai. The lamppost, which used to function as a source of light, now no longer emits light. The work reflects the death of places and the decay of memories of the living. It is intentionally hung upside down to represent the current ecological destruction as well as the fallacy of logic and common sense.

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