gaia 2024-11-11
Xiyao Wang’s (王茜瑶 ) abstract paintings (Before the Sun goes Down № 1 and Liang Xiao Yin № 1 )Yesterday , I went to see the Bangkok Art Biennale’s Nurture Gaia exhibits, which brought a welcome end to the past three months’ AI-generated photography exhibit* at BACC . Here are some photos I took, all of which were taken with a phone.† The full exhibit features 76 artists from 39 countries and runs until February 25, 2025 . If you’re in Bangkok, you should definitely check it out.
Fair warning : a lot of the sites linked here are guilty of atrocious UX .‡ I simply added them out of respect to and for the purposes of referencing the artists whose works I’m sharing here.
lotus sculpture — part of the Breathing series by Korean artist Choi Jeonghwa (최정화 ) Not an art piece but I found this funny. The artwork is undergoing repairs. I should use this as the default 404 image response. Maybe it is art after all. Artificial green by nature green by Kei Imazu (今津景 ) and Bagus Pandega. The painted image get partially erased by water.Artificial green by nature green by Kei Imazu and Bagus Pandega. The whole painting mechanism is controlled bioelectrodes hooked to the palm tree that sits on the side of the exhibit. It symbolises how Indonesia’s palm oil industry is affecting their forests.River Thames. Rising Tides by Susan Collins. Images are rendered over 6 hours to capture tidal effects in the respective rivers. Reminds me of Xárene Eskandar’s time-slice photography . Chao Phraya. Rising Tides by Susan Collins Why Not Hand Over a "Shelter" to Hermit Crabs? by Japanese artist Aki InomataWhy Not Hand Over a "Shelter" to Hermit Crabs? (Hong Kong) (2018) by Aki InomataMemory of Currency (2021) by Aki Inomata. The artist implanted 3D portraits (of historical figures featured in currencies) into pearl oysters that coat them in mother-of-pearl.A Spoon Made From The Land by Mai Yamashita (山下麻衣 ) and Naoto Kobayashi (小林直人 . The spoon is made of iron extracted from sand.Breathing by Korean artist Choi Jeonghwa. By far the most popular exhibit, it’s hard to take photos here.Fading into Nothingness by Thai artist Yanawit Kunchaethong (ญาณวิทย์ กุญแจทอง ). The text in Thai translates to Will count the days and nights that will never return. The "dust" used to form the words comes from a 40-year-old Siamese rosewood tree that was cut down during the construction of a solar power plant.Experimental solution 57 by Yanawit Kunchaethong. Plant pigments on paper.Are you Hungry? by Serbian opera singer and performance artist Aleksandar Timotić . The public was invited to peel potatoes with the artist whilst singing traditional Serbian folk songs. I missed it. You can watch a short video of the same performance (but at Museum Folkwang in Germany)Mana Dame Butterfly (2024) by East Timorese artist Maria Madeira . Red earth, betelnut, ink, charcoal, and pencil on tais.From the Earth, Study I and II (2024) by Maria Madeira. Red earth and betelnut.Pots of Purpose by LAMUNLAMAI . Some of these are funny. I want one.I’m not weird, you’re just too normal —josh
^ mind-numbingly titled Photography Never Lies ^ Samsung S21^ the Biennale's especially; I'd love to work with them in making the site more accessible