‘Ghost Stories – Voices of trauma, resistance and care in Southeast Asia.’
Kunsthall Trondheim, 17 April 2021
Conversation accompanying the 2021 exhibition Songs for Dying, Korakrit Arunanondchai
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Participants:
Cosmin Costinas
May Adadol Ingawanij
Seong-nae Kim
Moderators:
Katrine Elise Pedersen, Carl Martin Faurby
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“Through the lens of Korakrit Aruranondchai’s newly produced film Songs for dying (2021), which has its world premiere in his exhibition at Kunsthall Trondheim, we will follow the voices of shamanistic and spiritual practices and voices of contemporary student demonstrations for social justice in Southeast Asia through the artist’s exploration on spirit mediums – keepers of the threshold between the sacred and profane.
In Songs for dying, the artist explores the idea of spirit mediums through the voices of the female shamans of Jeju Island and through the student protesters’ use of pop cultural references in the ongoing demonstrations in Thailand” Kunsthall Trondheim