Apichatpong Weerasethakul, the film director who won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival for his film "Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives"—a first for Thai cinema—is also globally active in the art world, creating installations and other works.

His work delves into personal thoughts and social issues, creating pieces that explore "memory" and "place" with a style that seems to drift into other dimensions. He particularly focuses on capturing fleeting or transforming memories through his art. For this exhibition, he will present "FAITH," a two-channel video installation filmed on a stark, spaceship-like set.

Apichatpong Weerasethakul / "FAITH" / 2006 / HD, 2-channel video projection, stereo, Color / courtesy of SCAI THE BATHHOUSE

Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba / "Survival-New History" / 1998 / Business cards, fabric / 4 x 3m / Courtesy: Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo / the artist / Mizuma Art Gallery

Born to a Japanese mother and Vietnamese father, she spent her childhood in Japan before pursuing art education in the United States. Currently based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, she creates numerous works that indirectly address various social issues.

At the previous Yokohama Triennale, she presented a piece that served as a message of hope to Japan as it recovered from the Great East Japan Earthquake. This project, which involved attaching GPS devices to runners to map their routes as blooming cherry blossoms, was a success. The work can be seen until April 25th (Thursday) at the "Play with Art" exhibition held at the Nikkei Nihonbashi Building's second-floor Space NIO. At ART FAIR TOKYO, a large 4x3 meter fabric piece from 1998, adorned with numerous business cards sewn onto it, will be exhibited.

An artist from Indonesia, he creates sound-based performances using electronic instruments, cameras, computers, and other equipment.

Indonesia's history is complex, marked by numerous religious and political transitions. Consequently, its cultural identity is multifaceted and in a constant state of flux. The concept of hollow figures, used in his current exhibition, arises from the need to constantly develop new realities as a strategy to overcome the ever-changing body and the contradictory dualistic tensions that influence Indonesia.

Jompet Kuswidananto / "The Contingent #5" / 2012 / mixed media installation / variable size / courtesy of NANZUKA

Navin RAWANCHAIKUL & Rirkrit TIRAVANIJA / "CITIES ON THE MOVE 6, BANGKOK" / 1999 / Acrylic on canvas / 170x120cm / ShugoArts

This exhibition features a monumental painting created in 1999 by two artists from Chiang Mai, Thailand. Navin Rawanchaikul, born in Thailand to Indian immigrant parents, currently divides his time between Fukuoka, Chiang Mai, and Bangkok, where he presents his work.

Rirkrit Tiravanija gained attention in 1990 with a performance at a New York gallery where he served Pad Thai. Since then, he has pioneered a new concept of art through numerous participatory projects centered on communication. Navin, with his Indian background, grapples with his Thai identity, while Rirkrit, born in Buenos Aires, grew up in various countries with his diplomat father, leading to a tenuous connection with his homeland, Thailand. Both artists share a common feeling of being outsiders wherever they are. We invite you to pay close attention to this powerful collaborative work.