Artist
Apichatpong WEERASETHAKUL
- Exhibition (Video Installation)
photo: Chai SIRIS
Invisibility
Getting inspiration from landscape and sound in Saitama, he will present a film which is based on his dream and recaptures familiar landscapes in a completely different way.
Profile
photo: Chai SIRIS
WEERASETHAKUL was born in 1970 in Bangkok and currently resides in Chiangmai, Thailand. He studied architecture in Thailand before completing a Master of Fine Arts in Filmmaking at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He was later given an honorary doctorate from the same school. He has been active in the fields of both art and film since the 1990s. He creates artworks that mix personal and communal memories. In 2010 his work Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives was awarded the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. He also has deep connections with Japan. A special screening of his films was held at Skip City Sai no Kuni Visual Plaza Audio Visual Hall, Saitama Prefecture, in 2007; he won the Fukuoka Prize in 2013 and in 2014 he held a large-scale solo exhibition at Kyoto City University of Arts Gallery. In 2016 he is planning to release of a new film, Cemetery of Splendour, and also to hold an art exhibition.
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