Former Kathu Liquor Distillery, Excise Department

Three buildings here are managed by the Kathu Municipality (amphoe), including the heritage-listed former distillery built in the “Sino-European” style for Tan Lim Yong, a prominent Hokkien-Chinese mine owner and businessman. By the small reservoir stands an imposing banyan tree, said to be the domain of local spirits who cursed attempts to redevelop the site. For the Biennale, the distillery hosts works that examine the political, spiritual and material cultures formed around extractive industries like mining and forestry.

Address : Wichit Songkhram Road, Kathu, Kathu, Phuket 83120