PANITA SIRIWONGWAN-NGARM (SHE/HER)
Visual Communication • mixed media illustrations • culture • intersectionality • genders • artivism

Story 112

[Figma interactive stotytelling prototype, digital illustrations]

A prototype of an interactive storytelling website tackling the problem of lèse-majesté law in Thailand. Which is a crime according to Section 112 of the Thai Criminal Code, stating that it is “illegal to defame, insult, or threaten the monarch of Thailand (king, queen, heir-apparent, heir-presumptive, or regent)”. Its maximum penalty can be as high as 15 years in jail which is unreasonably too high even compared to other Defamation laws or any other laws.

Story112 is told through different local/everyday objects in first-person narrative. It is a fictional story that based on the real experiences of people persecuted by this law. The audience will be asked to choose three out of nine different objects, one from each horizontal row. the first row suggests the starting point, the second row suggests the situation during the legal persecution, and the final row is how it (, if it ever) ends.

There are nine objects, three will be used at a time to complete the stories. Thus, there are in total 27 possible routes.

Project bibliography
Atchanont, Y., Chawalawan, A., Somnuek, W. and nammuang, N. (2017). 112 The Series: ห้องเช่าหมายเลข 112. Penthai Publishing.
112story.com. (n.d.). เข้าใจ 112 - 112 เท่าที่เล่าได้. [online] Available at: https://112story.com/112
Anon, (n.d.). มาตรา112. [online] Available at: https://prachatai.com/category/มาตรา-112

Panita [She/Her]
is a Thai visual communication designer based in London, currently an MA Visual Communication student at Royal College of Art. Her works revolve around socio-politics, culture, intersectional feminism, individual stories, history, and memories. Her methodology is a combination of storytelling and mixed media. She is currently exploring the possibility of surrealistic visuals to convey the hidden emotions and conversations between time-space, human-object, and the lost archives.