One of the several elements with which Thai auteur Apichatpong Weerasethakul indulges himself, is the notion of the body—the various adventures and misadventures of bodilyness, the bliss, the pangs, the illnesses and the suffering. As […]
Ten Years Thailand opens with George Orwell’s oft used quote, ‘Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past’. Linking the film to Orwell’s vision of a violent and dismal […]
Cemetery of Splendor, director Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s follow-up to his Palme d’Or-winning Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010) and Mekong Hotel (2012), is a cosmically-paced meditation on memory, spiritual connection and dreaming. It […]
A free seminar exploring films and moving image works about Southeast Asia/by Southeast Asian artists as examples of alternative narratives to the Anthropocene – the interdisciplinary exploration of human history and Earth history. From land […]