The work is haunted by many ghosts of history, active and obsessive shapers of contemporary society in Thailand as much as elsewhere. It is composed as an epos, blending narrative lines around the globally followed rescue mission of the 13 boys who were stuck in a flooded cave in Northern Thailand, from which the artist traces the forces of propaganda, religion, Royal myths, lingering Cold War politics in Southeast Asia, and vernacular beliefs and power plays as they come together to create new myths for popular consumption and manipulation in our age of fake news.
Perhaps as a form of resistance, the work is punctured by a different sinuous body (opposed to the heroic body that extracted the boys from the abdomen of the mountain), the Naga —the serpent spirit who represents for the artist that which cannot be subsumed by code or subjected to state power—embodied here by queer performer boychild.
Korakrit Arunanondchai and Alex Gvojic engage a myriad of subjects such as history, authenticity, self-representation, and tourism through the lens of a cultural transplant.
Designed & Developed by: Curves n' Colors | Visual identity by: Wkshps
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