#coup d’etat

In the weeks since the Thai military took power in a coup d’etat, poet Krit Lualamai has been responding to upheavals through drawings and poems. Born in Jombeung, in the Ratchaburi province of central Thailand, Lualamai has published one book of poetry, The End of Their, in 2007.

Some of the images, such as “Tank,” satirize the acceptance of the military’s putsch (the eighteenth attempted since 1932). “Mission Impossible!” speaks to the futility of protest felt by some Thai writers and artists. “Flute to cheer on the coup,” and “Big poet,” prod other writers’ support of the Army’s take-over. “Three Figures of Thai Society” chastises the viewer to consider the legacy of these well-known activists and revolutionaries.

Also included here is one of Lualamai’s poems, “Mission to Imagine,” translated by Puckpan Tipayamontri in 2012.