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Metal printmaking artwork of extinct plants.

The film Where Do We Go From Here? by Piyarat Piyapongwiwat raises questions about the problems of capitalism. Incorporating footage from many sources such as news reports, interviews, documentaries as well as her own footage, the movie allows viewers to see how production in a capitalist world impacts various aspects of people’s lives and creates social issues such as such as migrant workers, child labour, economic inequality, marine pollution, extinction of flowers, and global environmental hazards.

“Most of my work in the past was about labour issues,” she said. “However, my exhibition in 2019 titled ‘Particle’ depicted blasting operations in mines in Cambodia run by a joint venture of local and overseas companies. The operation caused damage…

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