The Museum of Contemporary Art and Design (MCAD) showcases the travelling exhibition of internationally acclaimed independent filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul.
Palme d’Or 2010 recipient Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul opens his first solo exhibition in Manila at MCAD, entitled “The Serenity of Madness”. Curated by Gridthiya Gaweewong and produced by Independent Curators International (ICI) New York, the travelling exhibition features some of the acclaimed filmmaker’s works ranging across media from short films to video art, video diaries, prints, and archival material.
The exhibition showcases the artist’s use of tradition and modernity which reveals his cinematic language of contrast and texture. Drawing inspirations from personal, national, cultural, historical, and mythical contexts, his works are marked by spirituality and the supernatural overshadowed by the political conflict in his region and country. In a way, these influences convey the internal logic of the filmmaker’s peculiar narrative that dissolves conventional ideas of beginning or end. It creates a thread of stories and images that leave the viewers with the imprint of a graceful yet fierce experience.