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Famed director recalls Oct. 6 Thammasat Massacre in immersive installation this week only

Tomorrow is the 45th anniversary of the Thammasat University massacre, and a downtown arts venue will mark the occasion with a video installation created by acclaimed filmmaker Apitchatpong Weerasethakul. 

Get lost in one of Thailand’s darkest days in which police and right-wing paramilitaries gunned down and lynched students on the university’s campus through archival footage, survivor interviews and text bombarding viewers from three sources at Silence tomorrow through Sunday at the 100 Tonson Foundation.

The 21-minute video was made by Kick the Machine Documentary Collective, a group of four Thai artists comprised of famed independent filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Akritchalerm Kalayanamitr, Chatchai Suban and Pathompong Manakitsomboon. 

The foundation is located in Soi Tonson, near BTS Chit Lom. The installation is part of an ongoing exhibition…

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