Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives was conceived as an integral part of the Primitive project. This project, all of which takes place in Isan province in the North-East of Thailand consists in addition to this feature of several works that focus on the teenagers of the village of Nabua. There is a seven screen installation Primitive, a single screen installation, Phantoms of Nabua, initially commissioned for continuing on-line presentation at www.animateprojects.com and the short film A Letter to Uncle Boonmee. In addition Apichatpong Weerasethakul created in collaboration with Edizioni Zero, Milan, the artist’s book CUJO which features documentation and photographs related to this project in Isan.The installations and short film were commissioned by the Haus der Kunst (Munich), FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology), Liverpool where Primitive was presented in 2009 and by Animate Projects, London.