Four Short Films Screening and Panel Discussion
23 April 2022, 3 - 6 PM at Event Space, 2nd Floor, Jim Thompson Art Center
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14.30 hrs. Registration / Checking proof of vaccination
15.00 – 16:50 hrs. Four short films screening
1. Water without a Source / 2019 / Liang Ting-Yu / 30 min
2. 32Km - 60 Years / 2018 / Laha MEBOW / 25 min
3. Another Dimension / 2018 / Kritsada Nakagate / 25 min
4. Sea Gypsy’s Life Insurance / 2009 / Nil Paksanavin / 30 min
17.50 – 18.00 hrs. Panel Discussion after screening with Wiwat Lertwiwatwongsa and Marut Lekphet, moderated by Kridpuj Dhansandors
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* Conversation in Thai only and a video recording will be available with English subtitle on Jim Thompson Art Center YouTube channel afterward.
* Free event
* For those interested, you can register at https://forms.gle/aWRyongLQT9r1D7n8
* Please register by 22 APRIL 2022
* Registration will be closed after we reached full capacity of 50 seats.
* The participants are required to show proof of vaccination before attending the event.
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Limbic Release Part One and panel discussion curated by Kridpuj Dhansandors is a public program in conjunction with the exhibition Shadow Dancing: Where Can We Find a Silver Lining in Challenging Times? on display between 17 March 2022 - 5 June 2022 at the Jim Thompson Art Center.
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Four short films program from Thai and Taiwan artists, begins with the interrogation of the Land God through divination blocks who witnessed the indigenous massacre in Hakka village, northern part of Taiwan, then a journey back to the desolated indigenous village via the memory of an Atayal man who was dispelled from his hometown since the Chiang Kai-shek’s era. Not only is the overlapping of past and present reflected in these two stories, but also in the next two short films with the Thai narratives, where we are taken on a trip down the memory lane of the film director’s mother’s own unknowingly propagandized childhood versus the recent enlightened self. Last but not least, we follow Rawai villagers during their stay at the sacred Bon Island in Phuket, to fulfil their vows to the ancestor spirit. Albeit hundreds of miles in distance, eerie voice and soundscape have been captured in the documentary, coincidentally just before the 2010 Thai military crackdown, giving the impression that a supernatural phenomenon was caught on tape whereby the remote island spirits were somehow negotiating with people in the chaotic capital.

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