CHAOS: CALM
ith a curatorial team led by Apinan Poshyananda and comprising Nigel Hurst, Loredanna Pazzini-Paracciani, Jirat Ratthawongjirakul, and Chomwan Weeraworawit, (2004/22) installation of warm-toned, soft, stupa forms made from Thai Silk—each concealing motor propellers that rock to the viewer’s footsteps—evoking the mercurial yet meditative powers of divine femininity. Displayed at the Temple of the Reclining Buddha (Wat Pho), Montien Boonma’s installation (1994) is a tower made from bronze mesh boxes filled with dried herbs, emanating nature’s healing breath through its mute elements. Conjuring a war-torn cityscape, Tiffany Chung’s installation (2014) features light boxes illuminating found photographs of Syrian buildings, a poignant display of atrocity and displacement. Kamin Lertchaiprasert’s (2020) is a life-size sculpture of Greta Thunberg holding up a sign reading “Our house is on fire,” highlighting the performativity and urgency around climate-change debates. Similarly confronting the looming collapse, the project ART for AIR set up solar stoves to demonstrate existing solutions.
