Last but not least, we'd like to introduce Thai artist SOM/Sutthirat Supaparinya who will be speaking at OSHA talk on October 7th. SOM will be talking about her engagement as an art activist to increase interactions between art communities and audiences in Chiang Mai Province and encourage freedom of expression through a growing art movement.
In January 2013, SOM and a group of artists founded the Chiang Mai Art Conversation (CAC), a non-profit artist-run collective based in Chiang-Mai, Thailand. Observing that art spaces and galleries around Chiang Mai were isolated and lacked communication, CAC decided to gather and share all the information relating to art spaces and communities in Chiang Mai. CAC operates as an online platform providing events, through a monthly calendar, a map of Chiang Mai art spaces and galleries and other useful information about the local art communities. This innovative project has been successful in effectively bridging the communication gap between various local galleries. As Chiang Mai Art Conversation continues to grow, they hope to facilitate collaborative artistic projects and exhibitions in in the coming years, starting with a street festival in 2016.
In January 2013, SOM and a group of artists founded the Chiang Mai Art Conversation (CAC), a non-profit artist-run collective based in Chiang-Mai, Thailand. Observing that art spaces and galleries around Chiang Mai were isolated and lacked communication, CAC decided to gather and share all the information relating to art spaces and communities in Chiang Mai. CAC operates as an online platform providing events, through a monthly calendar, a map of Chiang Mai art spaces and galleries and other useful information about the local art communities. This innovative project has been successful in effectively bridging the communication gap between various local galleries. As Chiang Mai Art Conversation continues to grow, they hope to facilitate collaborative artistic projects and exhibitions in in the coming years, starting with a street festival in 2016.
SOM will elaborate on how her activism in the art sector has helped facilitate the creation of networks in Chiang Mai, connecting art practitioners, spaces and audiences. She will discuss how this movement transcends the sphere of art and is extended to political and social realms, the network acting as a subversive vehicle for free expression and political resistance.
SOM/ Sutthirat Supaparinya is a Chiang Mai based artist and activist whose current work focuses on video and installation. She is currently in Wellington as WARE artist in residence at Bolton Street Cottage. Her practice is often connected to topical issues, such as the impact of human activities on the natural landscape, and through her use of personal experiences, she aims to trigger wider changes.
SOM/ Sutthirat Supaparinya is a Chiang Mai based artist and activist whose current work focuses on video and installation. She is currently in Wellington as WARE artist in residence at Bolton Street Cottage. Her practice is often connected to topical issues, such as the impact of human activities on the natural landscape, and through her use of personal experiences, she aims to trigger wider changes.
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