ART LIVES TORIDE Where Art Is Born

I’m from Thailand. I’m in The Global Art Practice PhD program Tokyo University of the Arts. I have been studying art since bachelor’s degree and master’s degree. I made video art works, installations, a little bit of drawings and paintings, but I would say I mostly make performances.

I’m continuing my work and planning for new work, which is next year. I will exhibit my work in Sweden. So I’m still preparing for that exhibition right now.

In the past, I really thoght that making art was very fun, but more and more it became much more serious. To me, the planning process is the most fun part. When I plan in my head, I write whatever I want.

My dad, he is an art teacher. Since I was born, I just studied art from my dad, and I’m just into it, and I just want to know more about art and make more art work. When I was in high school, I really wanted to study architecture. I just want to make artwork that can be useful for people. Maybe if we appreciate art, if the art can have value for the society, it would be great.

Nowadays, my work is related to social issues. Actually every social issue that I’m interested in came from what I have experience.

When I was 20, I was very depressed. I was so scared that I’m going to die. And at the same time, my parents, they kind of fight somehow, I don’t know. My family just broke, things like that. Then I just thought that time is like, ‘end of the world’ for me. I need to escape. I need to survive. So I made the big ship “Noah”.

I asked my parents and neighbors, they helped me to build Noah. But no one in my family have the skill to make it. It’s just a very conceptual thing. And then we went to the mountain nearby my house and we found some logs and then we just tried to make it.

The finished product was very small. If I go sailing, I will definitely submerged. But we made it. We try to survive together. And from that, it kind of heals my feelings as well and also heals my parents. They stop fighting and I also feel better because I’m not alone anymore. I have my people, my support. So, yeah, that’s how I heal myself.

I made artwork with my parents, and then I found out that they also have problems that’s quite similar to me. And then moreover, it became get inside the community in my hometown. I think that’s the beginning that I thought interested in social interest because it became for me.

I started with making art by myself, then brought it to my family, and then it became community based art since neighbors are participated. I think that was the beginning of my interest in social issue.

I just think if artwork can change other people’s perspective, it would be nicer, and maybe it can change the world. The world would be a better place if we use art in a good way. So that’s why I want to make artwork that’s related to social issues, like the gap between rich people and poor people, and different kinds of people. We don’t really know all about other people that’s different from us. So I just think it would be nicer if we appreciate everyone, even if they are different from us.

I would like to stay in Japan after graduation if possible. I love Japan. I really love Japan. I love Japanese culture. When I was young, I have red a lot of Manga, and I had a dream that I want to be Misae. You know, Misae, shin-chan’s mother. I want to be her. Her life is kind of fun.

I don’t know if you’re gonna write about Misae. It’s fun. I want to be Misae. My friends and everyone knows this.