Pay tribute to the late experimental filmmaker Harun Farocki in Bangkok this weekend
Get manipulated this weekend at The Reading Room's free screening event.
The Reading Room and Filmvirus pay tribute to the late German filmmaker and video artist Harun Farocki (1944-2014), whose work examined the propagandist and manipulative functions of images, with a free screening this weekend (Aug 16-17).
The event, As We Can See Here: A Tribute to Harun Farocki, will show his nine films, including notable pictures such as Images of the World and the Inscription of War (1989) and War at a Distance (2003).
There'll also be a discussion by Keiko Sei and Graiwoot Chulphongsathorn on Sunday (Aug 17) at 5pm.
Schedule is as follows:
Saturday, Aug 16
As We Can See Here (or As You Sww) (1986, 72min) -- 1pm
Workers Leaving The Lumiere Factory (1995, 36min) -- 2:15pm
Still Life (1997, 58min) -- 2:55pm
Prison Images (2000, 60min) -- 4pm
War at a Distance (2003, 54min) -- 5pm
Nothing Ventured (2004, 50min) -- 6pm
Sunday, Aug 17
Images of the World and the Inscriptions of War (1988, 75min) -- 1pm
How to Live in the German Federal Republic (1990, 83min) -- 2:15pm
Respite (2007, 40min) -- 3:40pm
Discussion: Keiko Sei & Graiwoot Chulphongsathorn -- 5pm
The Reading Room, 3/F, 2 Silom Soi 19, 02-635-3674. Free entry. BTS Chong Nonsi.
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