Museum to show ‘Serenity’ of Thai filmmaker

MARCH 31 - JUNE 10

The traveling exhibition “Apichatpong Weerasethakul: The Serenity of Madness,” showcasing the work of the esteemed Thai filmmaker, will open to the public March 31 to June 10 at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive.

A leading figure in both contemporary film and art, Weerasethakul (born 1970) has developed a singular, realist-surrealist style in which the portrayal of the every day alongside supernatural elements suggests a distortion between fact and folklore, the subconscious and the exposed, and various disparities of power. His work reveals stories often excluded in history, in and out of Thailand: voices of the poor and the ill, marginalized humans and those silenced and censored for personal and political reasons.

This new solo exhibition presents a selected survey of rarely seen experimental short films and video installations by Weerasethakul, alongside his photography, sketches and archival materials that explore threads of sociopolitical commentary, according to a news release.

Curated by Gridthiya Gaweewong, a longtime collaborator of the filmmaker’s, the exhibition will be accompanied by a retrospective of the director’s theatrical releases in the Samuel Roberts Noble Theater. It will also include a special March 28 opening event for the museum’s newly launched Film Society, as well as a March 28 preview event for museum members.

For more information, go to www.okcmoa.com, or call 236-3100.