“nostalgia for unity”
May 31 – October 31, 2024
An exhibition by Korakrit Arunanondchai
At Bangkok Kunsthalle
There is a strong similarity between how one recalls a dream, a memory and a film. Within this overlap is where Korakrit Arunanondchai forms his filmic compositions. Here, the possibility of different registers of lived experiences can combine with each other to go beyond themselves. Time is a primary subject and material for Arunanondchai. For him, time is held and experienced through the body, both as an individual and as a collective.
In this exhibition “nostalgia for unity”, negative space is the primary medium for the artist. The installation is a painting, a film, a stage and a script that activates absences: the absent figure in this work is a Phoenix. The script for the film acts as a threshold between what is permitted and what cannot be addressed, between different timescales and between people and things we cannot see, but want to believe they exist. These words are the portal to give life back to the ashes. (Video still: Pasit Tandaechanurat. Image courtesy of the Artists)
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