Invisible Things (TCDC Chiang Mai)

November 24-2018 till 3 February 2019.

I was co-curator for the exhibition Invisible things, which was presented by Goethe Institut at TCDC Chiang Mai's show during Chiang Mai Design Week 2018. It was the first exhibition by Thailand Creative and Design Centre that was produced by its Chiang Mai branch before being shown at the Bangkok TCDC. The exhibition is part of a worldwide series that paired ordinary objects from Germany with those in other countries, in this case 'Very Thai' style everyday objects from Thailand. Previously it had been shown in Shanghai with Chinese objects and also in Hamburg. The goal is for shows in several other countries to be pairing local and German objects, and eventually to show all the countries’ objects in a combined exhibition in Berlin.

I was co-curator of the Thai exhibits along with exhibition designer Piboon Amaornjiraporn, and original curator of the concept and German objects Martin Rendel. I also wrote all the texts for the exhibits, explanatory panels and 128-page catalogue. The exhibition also included Thai portrait photographs by Dao Wasiksiri, German portrait photography by Albrecht Fuchs and videos by students at Chiang Mai University and at King Mongkut University Lat Krabang.

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