Unity for Nostalgia
Korakrit Arunanondchai’s film Unity for Nostalgia (2025) follows an artist in pursuit of an origin culture that lives on in the form of a ghost who inhabits human flesh. The work’s scenes unfold in an abandoned cinema overrun by monkeys, and within a stage made of ashes that performers occupy. Containing elements of myth, choreographic performance, and ritual, Unity for Nostalgia stages clashes between secular and sacred powers. It animates dynamics of cultural inheritance, navigating encounters between forces of power and forces of culture. Unity for Nostalgia is screened as a haunting video installation that evokes ancestral presence with atmospheric intensity. At EMPAC, the work is presented on the theater stage amid traces of Arunanondchai’s commissioned performance.
- TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24–FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2026
- 11AM–5PM, Theater
- INSTALLATION, FREE
- Unity for Nostalgia / Korakrit Arunanondchai
- SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2026
- 1–5PM, Theater
- INSTALLATION, FREE
- Unity for Nostalgia / Korakrit Arunanondchai
Main Image: Korakrit Arunanondchai, Production still: Unity for Nostalgia, 2025 HD video. Courtesy the artist; Bangkok CityCity Gallery; Carlos/Ishikawa, London; Kukje Gallery, Seoul.
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EMPAC programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
