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  • Apichatpong Weerasethakul, A Minor History (detail), 2021, still from the three-channel video component (color, sound, 17 minutes 11 seconds) of a mixed-media installation additionally comprising sound, lightbulb, and ink-jet wall print.

    Apichatpong Weerasethakul, A Minor History (detail), 2021, still from the three-channel video component (color, sound, 17 minutes 11 seconds) of a mixed-media installation additionally comprising sound, lightbulb, and ink-jet wall print.

    Apichatpong Weerasethakul

    100 Tonson Foundation

    Apichatpong Weerasethakul had a busy year in 2021, from the long-awaited release of Memoria, the director’s first feature film shot outside Thailand, to his receipt of the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in the summer. In many ways, his exhibition “A Minor History” represents a homecoming, gathering many of the ideas he has been engaged with in the past year and offering a keen analysis of the current political situation in Thailand. Curated by Manuporn Luengaram, the show touches on the artist and filmmaker’s long-standing themes of dreaming, memory, and obscured histories, recontextualizing

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