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Solarium
THAILAND · 2023

Solarium

Apichatpong Weerasethakul
sensory deprivation ghost narrative experimental cinema Thai horror cinema immersive installation art
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Synopsis

Produced for the Thailand Biennale, Chiang Rai, (2023), « Solarium » was inspired by a 1981 horror film, « The Sunken-Eyed Ghost », by Thai director Komarachun. This installation places the public in the mindset of the protagonist, a ghost seeking his previously torn-out eyes. Without any bearings, in the darkness, the ghost’s perceptions are depicted via a homage to the first experimental films :

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