FREETIME is Anocha Suwichakornpong’s debut performance. As in her films, within which she collaborates with actors on multilayered narratives that engage with Thailand’s violent past and how that history is remembered, this new work builds on desires and potentials of stage and cinema for grappling with the difficulty of representing the past. FREETIME is conceptualized as a live staged performance of a film in progress, research for her forthcoming feature. Centered on two friends from Bangkok—one actor and one director—the performance forms a part of Suwichakornpong’s research into the final moments of Thailand’s past kingdoms.
Post-show conversation with the artist led by Erin Gleeson, director, FD13.
In partnership with FD13, the Walker welcomes award-winning filmmaker Anocha Suwichakornpong for a monthlong residency in Minneapolis. In addition to the screenings of two of her recent films—By the Time It Gets Dark and Come Here—the artist premieres a newly commissioned performance, FREETIME, related to her forthcoming feature.
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