Book Launch—Apichatpong Weerasethakul: Contemplation and Resistance
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Join me to launch my first book, Apichatpong Weerasethakul: Contemplation and Resistance (Edinburgh University Press).
Light refreshments will be provided, followed by a conversation on the book with Dr Cristobal Escobar.
Register here: https://events.humanitix.com/apichatpong-weerasethakul
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For over twenty years, director Apichatpong Weerasethakul has received international acclaim for the sensuous pacing, folkloric narratives and creative resistance to authoritarian politics buried within an expansive body of work. Situated on the fault line of narrative filmmaking and contemporary art, his work flickers between obscurity and critique, leaning into the ambiguities of contemplative art cinema to challenge political orders, resurface repressed national memories and even reimagine the structure of cinema itself.
Apichatpong Weerasethakul: Contemplation and Resistance is a major study of the screen works of one of contemporary cinema’s most influential directors. Through deconstruction of his major works placed in cultural, historical and political context, Contemplation and Resistance chronicles the creative and political interventions of one of the most influential political filmmakers of the twenty-first century.
Light refreshments will be provided, followed by a conversation on the book with Dr Cristobal Escobar.
Register here: https://events.humanitix.com/apichatpong-weerasethakul
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For over twenty years, director Apichatpong Weerasethakul has received international acclaim for the sensuous pacing, folkloric narratives and creative resistance to authoritarian politics buried within an expansive body of work. Situated on the fault line of narrative filmmaking and contemporary art, his work flickers between obscurity and critique, leaning into the ambiguities of contemplative art cinema to challenge political orders, resurface repressed national memories and even reimagine the structure of cinema itself.
Apichatpong Weerasethakul: Contemplation and Resistance is a major study of the screen works of one of contemporary cinema’s most influential directors. Through deconstruction of his major works placed in cultural, historical and political context, Contemplation and Resistance chronicles the creative and political interventions of one of the most influential political filmmakers of the twenty-first century.
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Research Lounge, Arts West, University of Melbourne, RMIT University, 235 Bourke St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia, Melbourne
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