Going 'Primitive'
What was behind the gunshots, explosions and homoerotic scenes in the small village of Na Bua in Nakhon Phanom?
Apichatpong Weerasethakul talks about his inspiration and go behind the scenes of his latest installation art show “Primitive” on January 6 at 2pm at the William Warren Library in the compound of Jim Thompson House, in Kasemsan Soi 2.
The talk is part of educational programme attached to the exhibition, which is on display at Jim Thompson Art Centre until the end of February.
The twohourtalk focuses on "The Making of Primitive" and is in Thai, with English translation.
It will be followed at 4pm by a round table discussion titled “History and Memory”. The panellists are SeaWrite award winner Chiranan Pitpreecha, a graduate of Cornell University, who fled to the jungle after the violent suppression of October 1976, and Sunee Chaiyarose, a graduate of Thammasat University and a former comrade in Nong Bua Lamphu in Thailand's northeast from 1976 until the early ’80s.
Sirote Klampaiboon, a guest lecturer in Social Science Theory and Human Rights Studies at Thammasat's Southeast Asia Studies Programme is the moderator.
The discussion is in Thai with a summary in English. Admission is free, but seats are limited. For reservations, call (02) 612 6741 or (02) 219 2911 or email: [email protected]
