From Le Brassus to Bangkok

Audemars Piguet will be bringing its heritage timepieces to Southeast Asia. For the first time, examples of the company’s groundbreaking horological innovations will be on display in Thailand, in an exhibition entitled “From Le Brassus to Bangkok”. Narrating the brand’s rich heritage, the exhibition takes visitors on a journey through Audemars Piguet’s 143-year history and its unwavering dedication to the art of watchmaking. Also showcased, will be the brand’s first collaboration with Thai contemporary artist, Arin Rungjang.

The exhibition will run from 8 – 17 June ’18 from 10.30 a.m. – 8 p.m. on Level G

Arin Rungjang’s Voyage, a fifteen-minute cinematic meditation on the interconnections between place, personal memory and history, was presented in Bangkok in 2018, along with several video stills, as part of the exhibition From Le Brassus to Bangkok (8–17 June 2018). The video work takes viewers deep into the landscape of the Vallée de Joux.

As idyllic scenes of mossy rocks and rushing rapids evolve into slow pans of tree trunks and an undaunted deer, a series of seemingly incongruous statements appear on the screen—facts about the ideal age for harvesting spruce, memories of a beautiful mother, information about when a war started and stopped. Soon it becomes clear that these statements relate the stories of people who have come from afar to make this beautiful but brutal corner of the Jura their home.

In revealing personal histories that connect to specific sites in the valley, Voyage reminds us that the meaning of any place is multi-layered and always a matter of perspective.