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Siloscope
Siloscope is a site responsive installation that transforms a 100ft antique grain silo into a metaphorical telescope/microscope and viewing portal of an alternate universe. Siloscope is a site responsive installation of a constructed celestial body inside a grain silo of Buffalo RiverWorks that intends to evoke a sense of wonder and mystery in audience members. … Read moreSiloscope
Breathe
If you’re walking East Avenue during daylight hours this summer and fall, you might find your eyes drawn to a shimmering wall facing a pocket park off Broadway. An installation of mirrored stickers affixed to the exterior of the neighboring Rochester Contemporary Art Center catches the light in such a way that it makes a … Read moreBreathe
Turmeric & Charcoal
Moving from Northern Thailand to Upstate New York with my wife and our little baby is one of the biggest transitions in my life. We moved to our house at the beginning of the city’s lockdown, just before the big celebration of St. Patrick’s Day in March. I began to draw portraits of my baby … Read moreTurmeric & Charcoal
Elephant In The Room
A botanical hammered print from teak leaves on linen canvas of the life-size Asian elephant. The design was borrowed from the first official Siamese flag used abroad.
Who’s Afraid of Red?
To create this project I traveled from North to South of Thailand to collect varieties of common chilis available at local markets. They have different origins, names, colors, shapes, tastes, and levels of spiciness. The selected chilis were lightly baked to get rid of moisture, and ground into tiny pieces. They were then brewed in … Read moreWho’s Afraid of Red?
ComPeung
ComPeung is the first independent and longest ongoing artist residency program in Thailand.
Dear Himalaya From Chiang Mai
Dear Himalaya, From Chiang Mai was an on-the-move Artist/Musician in Residency program between Thailand and the Himalaya, aimed at creating new dialogues and cross-cultural art experiences. Thailand, 2017 Thailand, 2018 Nepal, 2018 Thailand, 2019 Introduction In May 2010, as part of Big Foot project, my collaborator – Wuthichai Jaisamak and I set out on a … Read moreDear Himalaya From Chiang Mai
Doi Saket’s New Clothes Project
DoiSaket’s New Clothes was an investigation of the idea that many people believe something that is not true to fit in the common society because they want to be accepted. Our collaborations took the participants back to the countryside. Living with nature of the old days in the Doisaket District during the annual Loi Krathong Festival. By … Read moreDoi Saket’s New Clothes Project
Big Foot
How many people would enjoy with being alone on the deserted mountains that have nothing apart from ice and rock, with getting lost alone all day without a compass, with shouting in the sky without no one hearing, with crying without no one near? Happiness that can’t be written in vocabulary. Happiness that seems to … Read moreBig Foot
Your Message In The Bottles
Over 66 million results will turn up when you try to search “Utopia” on the web; more than half a million images, or over 16,100 online videos. Since the word was invented five centuries ago, it has been a topic of discussions and investigations amongst scholars and like-minded individuals. Contemporarily, from death metal rock concerts … Read moreYour Message In The Bottles
Twist & Twist
The collaboration began in May 2009, when Takamine visited ComPeung. Impressed by the sustainable frameworks, ComPeung’s self-built earthen architecture inspired the final project at the Bangkok Art & Culture Centre (BACC). Twist & Twist focuses on the process rather than the finished product. Conceived by Takamine the project’s im/possibilities were being discussed between Takamine and the … Read moreTwist & Twist
Living With Snow
What would happen if they don’t remove the snow? Sapporo in Japan is one of a few metropolitan cities in the world that has a very high snow fall. Living With Snow was produced in 2 weeks with a simple digital camera. I edited the footage without knowing the exact meaning of the conversations between … Read moreLiving With Snow
Our Statements
Our Statements consists series of photograph of myself dressing in black, holding a blank “artistic statement” in different places and situations. This project suggests a concept without concept as normally required in the art practice. It also draws the attention of the viewer to imagine nothingness, a principle concept in Buddhism. It adds nothing to, and … Read moreOur Statements
Eak Ee Eak Eak
Eak–Ee–Eak–Eak was an exhibition questioning the truth created by language and symbols across cultures, using the construct “chicken” as a platform to explore this theme. The work looked at the numerous, colorful uses and meanings of the construct “chicken” from a physical and literal level to an abstract and subjective level. For example: • kai as a nick-name … Read moreEak Ee Eak Eak
Please Share Your History
An interactive work that invited audiences visiting Chiang Mai University Art Center to share their history. 30 drawings from my diary were clipped on the wall with empty pieces of paper behind them. The audience was suggested to take my original drawing and leave their stories to replace them. Over the one month exhibition period, … Read morePlease Share Your History
Silence Party
Silence Party was an activity that created a neutral space where participants were able to share languages, experiences, ideas and identities. This exchange was done through a simple, interactive structure. The structure consisted of participants gathered in a circle, sometimes around a table or on floor mats. A massive piece of paper was placed in the … Read moreSilence Party
My Arts
In My Arts, I tried to work with people outside the art world, specifically those who didn’t study in art school. I used questionnaires as a way to find out about their ideas of art. The results of these questionnaires were the inspiration for this work. I then collaborated with the project participants and produced … Read moreMy Arts
Puppets
I, as a part of the educational system at Chiang Mai University, was intrigued by some questions regarding the interior and exterior workings of the system. As a student, I saw that when the majority of students created artwork, they created them for a very specific audience: the people inside the institution. The students created … Read morePuppets
Rotten Flower
Rotten Flower was a project questioning the standards of making sculpture in Thailand’s art universities. Teachers encouraged their students to creates art with particular materials and techniques, which were based on the classical western art such as wood, stone, metal, or clay. Art should be visually beautiful, showing hard working processes of craftsmanship. It also … Read moreRotten Flower
Blind
Blind was a story of my experience of studying art at The Faculty of Fine Arts in Chiang Mai University. As a student, the main sense that we are taught to appreciate art with is sight. I wanted to create a work that appealed to other senses and might be appreciated in a different way. I … Read moreBlind
Home
I was given an opportunity to participate in a group exhibition titled Home. For me, home is where I feel so comfortable I can sleep. Over the exhibition period of one month, I moved my bed to the exhibition room, which was at my art university, and slept there. Home, is the performance work explored the … Read moreHome
Obscured by Clouds
the first art intervention when I was the art student. I installed the work the night before the opening of the annual exhibition of the lecturers of Faculty of Fine Arts, Chiang Mai University.