A LEGENDARY PERFORMANCE ARTIST, MARINA ABRAMOVIC, DOVES DEEP INTO THE INTENSE HISTORY OF HER CAREER IN PERFORMANCE ART WHICH MIGHT PROVIDE A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT PERFORMANCE ART TRULY IS IN HER RECENT LECTURE IN BANGKOK
A DESIGN FAIR THAT UTILIZES SALT FARMS, POST-ROCK MUSIC, AND LAND ART TO PORTRAY PATTANI’S RICH CULTURAL HERITAGE
INVENTOR, DESIGNER OR ARTIST? ART4D SPEAKS TO PAE THANAWAT MANEENAWA ABOUT HIS VARIOUS ROLES WHICH LEAD US TO QUESTION – WHAT DOES HIS STUDIO ‘TAM:DA’ EXACTLY DO?
WIJIT APICHARTKRIENGKRAI RECALLS THE LOST TRADITIONAL RICE FARMING METHOD AND THE BEAUTY OF THE RICE CULTURE IN ’THE RICE FIELD PROJECT’, A PUBLIC ART CREATED IN COLLABORATION WITH LOCAL FARMERS
THE SUN RISES IN THE WEST. BUDDHA HYPOTHETICALLY APPEARS IN THE GRECO-ROMAN WORLD. NATEE UTARIT REVISIONS HUMAN CIVILIZATION AND WISDOM IN DÉJÀ VU: WHEN THE SUN RISES IN THE WEST EXHIBITION, ASKING A CRITICAL QUESTION THROUGH HIS TENS OF WORKS — “WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF ASIA WAS THE CENTER OF THE WORLD’S CIVILIZATION INSTEAD OF THE WESTERN WORLD?”
EMPTY FISH TANK, A PAIR OF PANTS LAYING ACROSS THE HANDRAIL, MYSTERIOUS LETTERS WORK ON GLASS WINDOW SPREAD OUT A VAGUE FEELING OVER THE SPACE OF THE ‘STRICTE INTIMITÉ’ EXHIBITION AT SHOPHOUSE 1527. THE EXHIBITION INVITES US TO CONTEMPLATE THE ‘INTIMACY’ WE ARE USED TO, OR PERHAPS IT IS SO ROUTINE THAT WE ALREADY FORGET THAT WE ARE USED TO.
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WHO
Saola Architects refers to the rarest large animals on earth. It is the sole species of a genus of bovids, and has been known to science only since 1992, The Saola is discovered in Laos and Vietnam, known as the asian unicorn. The architecture studio is composed by Swiss and Lao Architects, Engineers, Craftsmen, and collaborates with artists and art historian.
WHAT
We develop projects at all scales of reflection. From the object, the building, group of buildings, the landscape and to the territory scale.
ART4D TALKS WITH KAMOLCHAT PANGTHO (JARMO), THE ARTIST WHOSE PAINTINGS INTEGRATE THAI MYTHS AND BELIEFS IN MIRACLES, SPIRITS, GHOSTS JOINED WITH THE GENRE OF SCIENCE FICTION, AND ARE EXHIBITED AT ‘THYBERPUNK,’ THE ARTIST’S LATEST SOLO EXHIBITION AT THE ONE WALL ART FOUNDATION
CHOMCHON FUSINPAIBOON EXPLORES HOW THAILAND’S NATIONAL IDENTITY IN ARTS AND THE COUNTRY’S MODERNIZATION IN INDUSTRY AND ECONOMY INFLUENCE THE DESIGN OF THAI PAVILIONS AT INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITIONS IN THE 1930S WHICH RAISES THE QUESTION OF WHAT HAS BEEN CHANGED IN 2021
