APICHATPONG WEERASETHAKUL Phantoms of Nabua

14 May-3 Jul 2010

Overview

This is the first London solo exhibition by Apichatpong Weerasethakul (b.1970), a distinctive artist and filmmaker who has been creating work for both cinema distribution and galleries with astounding results. This year's Palme d'Or prize winner at the Cannes Film Festival, and a nominee for the 2010 Hugo Boss Prize, Weerasethakul has created Phantoms of Nabua, an ethereal portrait of a town in north east Thailand, using natural and artificial light to exude the comfort of home, a sense of destruction, and to explore place and memory. Commissioned by Animate Projects, with Haus der Kunst in Munich and FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology).