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Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Bangkok

A measure of Understanding. The Thailand/Taiwan exchange project focuses on the cross-culture experience of contemporary art, and the possible solution for it to substitute Western perspective. It poses questions and attempts to zero in on the irreducible interpersonal/ social experiences.

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“THAITAI: A Measure of Understanding” is a contemporary art exchange project independently initiated for the first time by Thai and Taiwanese artists, and jointly brought forth by OCAC (Taiwan) and duo artists jiandyin (Thailand). The two-stage spine of dialogue is the works of the two countries’ artists created locally and overseas. The first stage will begin in Bangkok Art and Culture Centre in late 2012. In all, 10 Taiwanese and 10 Thai artists will collaborate, exhibit, and extend the activities such as forum at Chulalongkorn University; performance, and workshop to the Art Centre of Silpakorn University and OCAC Bangkok. The second stage will operate in Taiwan in 2013.

The Thailand/Taiwan exchange project focuses on the cross-culture experience of contemporary art, and the possible solution for it to substitute Western perspective. Contemporary art has paved us a way to intervene geopolitics. Not only is it able to stay independent from the reality, but also possesses the characteristic to infiltrate. This flexibility fittingly compensates the regional division within the discourse of anti-globalization and facilitates the regional localized aestheticization. When foreign culture has become brand names and presents itself as such in art market, culture experience and the integrity of art practice has been simplified as mere icons and pictures, and the details are lost in the process. From this standpoint, “THAITAI: A Measure of Understanding” poses questions and attempts to zero in on the irreducible interpersonal/ social experiences. Through transnational conversation and local practice, we would like to discuss how to annotate a scenario of artistic local communication as well as how to restore the complexity of art practice as communicative experiences.

The duo artists jiandyin from Thailand has been conducting this year-long conversation about the project with OCAC. In August 2012, they assisted OCAC to relocate into the current space in Bangkok for a six-month residency. Through building an art base in foreign land, OCAC tries to pay attention to the topic of cultural similarities and differences. It invites artists to participate discussions and work locally in order to imagine a work of remapping between Taiwan and Thailand, furthermore, it can thus place the work on the opposite side of global art discourse.

OCAC has been founded since 2001, and is a group operated autonomously by artists. It has dedicated itself to curating, interdisciplinary communication, and promoting contemporary art. “THAITAI: A Measure of Understanding” is the 12th project of the OCAC Curatorial Series. The goal is to continue OCAC’s reflection on its negotiation with art and the public.

Exhibition Artists
Taiwan Artists/
CHANG En Maan
CHIU Chao Tsai
CHIU Chen Hung
CHOU Yu Cheng
FAN Hsiao Lan
HSU Chia Wei
LIN Chi Wei
LIU Ho Jang
LO Shih Tung
YEH Wei Li

Thai artists/
Suwicha and Kritsada Dussadeewanich
Preeyachanok Ketsuwan
Jakrawal Nilthamrong
Sakarin Krue-On
jiandyin (Pornpilai, Jiradej Meemalai)
Suporn Shoosongdej
Wasinburee Supanichvoraparch
Sutthirat Supaparinya
Thaweesak Srithongdee

Project Initiators: jiandyin, HSU Chia Wei, LIU Ho Jang
Curatorial Team: Open Contemporary Art Center (OCAC), jiandyin (Jiradej and Pornpilai Meemalai)
Organizers: Open Contemporary Art Center (OCAC), jiandyin (Jiradej and Pornpilai Meemalai)
Co-organizers: Bangkok Art and Cultural Center (BACC), Art Centre of Silpakorn University
Project manager: Chen Szu Han, Penwadee Nophaket Manont
Adviser: Asst. Prof. Sutee Kunavichayanont
Grants and Sponsors: Ministry of Culture, Taiwan; Cultural Affairs Department, New Taipei City Government; National Culture and Arts Foundation, Taiwan; Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Taiwan; ACER; Asian Cultural Council New York, TEMCO TKS Chemical (Thailand) Co., Ltd. SONY; TOSHIBA
Media Partners: Fine Art magazine, art4d magazine, ARTITUDE
Special thanks to: The Jim Thompson Art Center, Chulalongkorn University, Krung Kasem Sri Krung Hotel

Organizers
Open Contemporary Art Center (OCAC), jiandyin (Jiradej and Pornpilai Meemalai)
Co-organizers
Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC), Art Centre of Silpakorn University
Curatorial Team
Open Contemporary Art Center (OCAC), jiandyin (Jiradej and Pornpilai Meemalai)

Press Contact
CHEN Szu Han(Chinese, English)
+66 86 797 0884; thaitai.ocac@gmail.com,s.hanchen0607@gmail.com
Penwadee Nophaket Manont (Thai)
+66 84 709 3440; penwadee.nm@gmail.com
Jiradej and Pornpilai Meemalai (Thai)
+66 81 587 5715; info.jiandyin@gmail.com

Press Conference: 16:00 2012. 11. 22

Curators and Artists Walk: 16:45 2012. 11. 22

Opening Reception: 18:00 2012. 11. 22. Special Performance: Lin Chi-Wei

Symposium
Location: Dept of Industrial Design, Chulalongkorn University
Time: Saturday, November 24th, 2012
1-3pm | A Measure of Understanding
3.30-5.30pm |What’s Next Trans
6-8pm | From External to Internal: The Relationship Between Alternative Space and Local Community, presentation

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