Pratchaya Phinthong’s methodological process is an intense research period whereby he embeds himself within a community or through working with experts and interloculators. Travelling is a key element of his work. Phinthong presents the piece Untitled (Singapore) (2014), as part of research undertaken during his time on the NTU CCA Singapore Residencies Programme. The work explores the idea of airspace as monitored and ambiguous. The site of the NTU CCA Singapore Residencies studios is also the site of a former military camp built in 1935. Phinthong heard that airspace is a negotiated place of ownership between various nations. Singapore itself sought permission from neighbouring countries to use different airspaces and is home to one of the world’s most active airports. This permission is vital to the ongoing activity of Changi airport. An agreement in 2004 between the respective Singapore and Thai Governments was reached whereby seven used F-16 jet fighters from Singapore were given to the Thai Royal Air force, along with 15 years of military base training in Udon Thani, a north Thailand. Working with artist, Tanatchai Bandasak, Phinthong has been collecting images of these jets during their daily training practice.
Thailand
Pratchaya Phinthong
Thailand
Pratchaya Phinthong
20 October - 20 December 2014
Pratchaya Phinthong’s methodological process is an intense research period whereby he embeds himself within a community or through working with experts and interloculators. Phinthong presents the piece Untitled (Singapore) (2014), as part of research undertaken during his time on the NTU CCA Singapore Residencies Programme.
THEME
Place.Labour.Capital.
Place.Labour.Capital.
RELATED COUNTRIES
Thailand
Thailand
Contributors
Artist-in-Residence
Pratchaya Phinthong
Pratchaya Phinthong
Artist · NTU CCA Singapore
COUNTRY OF PRACTICE: Thailand
Pratchaya Phinthong creates situations as an invitation made to the visitor to share an experience with him. His projects (without any specific or pre-defined form) suggest a crack in which the spectators are invited to fill the gaps. He builds a set, a fiction, or a process where he can test our perceptions. He proposes to his audience a story with multiple paths. A trip down memory lane combined with subjective perceptions. His projects are often constructed in a dialogue between the artist and the others, making the artist‚ movement glide towards the social field. Beyond any artistic or formal experience, the artist is looking to find his place and his identity playing on the economic representations and cultural existences. The ‚Äògallery‚ space becomes a free area.Therefore, Phinthong works in a dynamic area in between different realities underlining the space and distance that separates them: two geographical points, two societies, two economic systems.
Phinthong was Artist-in-Residence at NTU CCA Singapore between October and December 2014. As part of his residency, Phinthong explored the idea of airspace as monitored and ambiguous, researching into the histories and negotiations of airspace between Singapore and its neighbours, with particular attention given to Thailand.