Apichatpong Weerasethakul Sourcebook : the serenity of madness / edited by Apichatpong Weerasethakul.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 1970-

Independent Curators International.

Series:

Sourcebook (Independent Curators International)

Sourcebook series

Language:

English

Thai

Subjects (All):

Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 1970-.

Apichatpong Weerasethakul.

Physical Description:

267 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm.

Other Title:

Serenity of madness

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Independent Curators International ; Chiang Mai, Thailand : MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum, 2016.

Language Note:

In English with the section "Jenjira's Diary" in both English and Thai.

Summary:

Offering a fresh perspective on the work of internationally acclaimed filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul (born 1970), the Apitchapong Weerasethakul Sourcebook moves between scientific documents and personal documentary, interviews and epistolary dialogue, the cinematic and the poetic. In its multimodal approach the Sourcebook reflects Weerasethakul's artistic practice in which he portrays the everyday alongside supernatural elements while suggesting a distortion between fact and folklore, history and storytelling. Weerasethakul's personal writings and interviews, much of which is translated here for the first time, draw out his deep commitment to stories often excluded in history in and out of Thailand: voices of the poor and the ill, marginalized beings and those silenced and censored for personal and political reasons. The Sourcebook includes materials on such topics as implanted memories in mice, caves in Laos left over from the Indochina wars, new methods for listening underwater and meditations on light and darkness, plus interviews between Weerasethakul and leading art historians as well as texts drawn from his personal library. The Sourcebook invites readers into Weerasethakul's intimate exploration of his influences--in his words, "like [a] stream of consciousness, suffocated by the data." Amazon.

Contents:

Foreword / Alaina Claire Feldman and Kate Fowle

Mekong ; Untitled ; Dear Khroo, Part 1 / Apichatpong Weerasethakul

'Orca ears' inspire researchers to develop ultrasensitive undersea microphone / Amara D. Angelica

Conversation with Gridthiya Gaweewong / Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Gridthiya Gaweewong

Conversation with Andrea Lissoni / Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Andrea Lissoni

MIT & memory: light alone can activate specific memories / Elizabeth Armstrong Moore

Eastern Beach

Untitled / Apichatpong Weerasethakul

The mystery tunnels / provided by R.J. Destatte and Jeannie Schiff

Jenjira's diary / Jenjira Pongpas Widner

Eating the sun: can humans be hacked to do photosynthesis? / Maddie Stone

Conversation with Withit Chandawong / Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Withit Chandawong

An illustrated history of trepanation / Mo Costandi

Dear Khroo, Part 2 / Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Ghazal of the dark death / Federico Garcia Lorca, translated by Robert Bly.

Notes:

Published in conjunction with a touring exhibition.

ISBN:

9780916365912

0916365913

OCLC:

945950742