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A Conversation with the Sun (VR) (2022) [N/A]

Release Date:
October 4, 2022

Original Title:
บทสนทนากับดวงอาทิตย์ (VR)

Production Companies:
Kick the Machine

Production Countries:
Japan | Thailand

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 60

Overview from TheMovieDB

For Aichi Triennale 2022, Weerasethakul collaborates with Japanese artists to create his first augmented and virtual reality performance and let visitors commune with invisible ghost-like presences, encounter sick and sleeping bodies, and experience time suspended in a circle. Weerasethakul, whose previous works have brought the invisible, inaudible and untouchable into our realm of the tangible, has greatly expanded the virtual space by making use of augmented and virtual reality. Fifteen audience members at a time are invited into a dark space to roam around, experiencing Weerasethakul’s visual poetry beyond the confines of language, soundscapes of silent waves by Sakamoto Ryuichi, and interactive particles of light floating through the air... They are invited into the depths of memory and existence in a dreamlike world where the origins of life and the afterlife coexist. (Chiaki Soma)

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Production

Director:
Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Director of Photography:
Chatchai Suban

Music:
Ryuichi Sakamoto

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