Dialogue with the Master is a long-term series by the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre that presents the perspectives and experiences of artists from various disciplines. In each edition, an established artist is selected as the master, whose works and practices will be reinterpreted in the process of cross-disciplinary collaboration with another artist or collective. Their encounter, dialogue, and multi-lateral reflections will converge and become a new performance.

For the 2024’s Dialogue with the Master, the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre prioritizes creating dialogues with the late Wat Wanlayangkoon, artist, writer, activist, political dissenter and refugee. Inspiration for this comes from the performance Just Away, a solo performance by Wasu Wanlayangkoon, a son of Wat Wanlayangkoon, in which Wasu deals with his life story and the aftermath of his father's departure. Just Away was performed at the Bangkok Theatre Festival in November 2023.

Dialogue with the Father took the form of a documentary theatre performance that gathers archives, Texts, and songs from the late artist, writer and political dissenter Wat Wanlayangkoon. These archives will become materials for the three children of Wat Wanlayangkoon to reflect on, reinterpret, and dialogue with. Contemporary artists in their own rights, the three children – Wana, Wasu, and Wajjana  will take creative pursuits in the recollection and reconstruction of their father’s identity and his writing, poetry, compositions, and songs, all inseparable from his personal stories, political ideology, and artist’s identity.