Going 'Primitive'- workshop goes behind the scenes of Apichatpong's installation

  What was behind the gunshots, explosions and homo-erotic scenes in the small village of Na Bua in Nakhon Phanom? 

Apichatpong Weerasethakul will share his inspiration and go behind the scenes of his latest installation art show “Primitive” tomorrow 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 two-hour-talk focuses on “The Making of Primitive” and is in Thai, with English translation.

Based on Apichatpong’s inspiration on film and art, there’ll be a round table discussion on “History and Memory” from 4 to 6pm.

Panellists are SeaWrite award winner Chiranan Pitpreecha who received both her master’s and bachelor’s degree in history from Cornell University after returning from the jungle, to which, like thousands of other students, she fled following the violent suppression of 1976, and Sunee Chaiyarose, a graduate of Thammasat University and a comrade in Nong Bua Lamphu in Thailand’s northeast after October 1976.

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]