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THE FIRST THAILAND BIENNALE2018 - EDGE OF THE WONDERLAND (intl event)
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EXHIBITION SYNOPSIS
About The First Thailand Biennale2018 - Edge of the WonderlandDifferent versions of a ‘wonderland’ derive from different cultures. In the West, we have learnt the renowned English story of Alice’s adventures, where the young girl falls through a rabbit hole into a world of fantasy. This land connects to our everyday reality and yet, it is somehow hidden and can only be visited through dreams and imaginary journeys. In the East, for example, a compilation of geographical and cultural accounts are the origins of Chinese mythology and first appeared in the Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhai jing) in the fourth century BCE. And in South Asia, surrounding the base of Mount Meru in Hindu mythology, the legendary Himmapan Forests, are believed to be the home of many supernatural beings, which are blessed under the heavens, invisible to the human eye and inaccessible by mortals.
In this curatorial project the wonderland is revisited from its very edge. The term ‘edge’ included in the title has three signifiers. First, it is simply geographically indicative. Similar to other provinces of Thailand on the west coast, Krabi and the venues of the Thailand Biennale in particular, are situated on the coastline and can be seen as part of the edge of either the mainland or the Andaman Sea. It is the start and at the same time, the end of a territory, from which it belongs and departs. Second, edge has its own historical and cultural significance in the region, since two ancient swords (krabi in Thai) were unearthed in the late 19th century, and seen sacred above all natural existence. Third, conceptually, in the context of wonderland, edge is precisely the borderline between in and out. It is a pivotal point; like the rabbit hole in Alice’s adventure, between reality and fiction, the existent and the imagined, the material and the spiritual, the experienced and the unworldly, and ultimately, the known and the unknown.
This inaugural Biennale in Thailand curated by Jiang Jiehong (UK/China) and the team will invite up to 100 artists worldwide. It engenders a new way of thinking, stimulates dialogues and conflicts when the global meets the local, and invites all to take a creative journey through art, nature, tourism or everyday life, starting from Edge of the Wonderland.
PUBLICATION(S) (1)
Thailand Biennale Short Guide (catalogue)
ON-SCENE (12)

a wood sculpture bitten by the Beaver (Genie, b.2015) Photo: Naomi Ito Production Assistance: Izu Shaboten Zoo
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Leung Chi Wo, artist’s rendering for Monuments for Solitude, telephone booth, fossil, dimensions variable, 2018, courtesy of the artist.
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Zhang Peili,A Great, Correct, Elegant, Spotless and Tailored Refurbishment
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Zhang Peili,A Great, Correct, Elegant, Spotless and Tailored Refurbishment
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Zhang Peili,A Great, Correct, Elegant, Spotless and Tailored Refurbishment
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Zhang Peili,A Great, Correct, Elegant, Spotless and Tailored Refurbishment
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WORKS (48)

did you leave your island(Series: works with no series), 2017
installation, Ko Khao island sketch 4 x 3m stilted house, 4000x3000mm
ARTIST: A K Dolven

How to Carve a Sculpture(Series: works with no series), 2018
installation, sculpture, Sandstones, Variable size
ARTIST: Aki Inomata

Here, There, Everywhere: Project Another Country – Krabi(Series: works with no series), 2018
installation
ARTIST: Alfredo & Isabel Aquilizan

Be-Hide(Series: works with no series)
installation
ARTIST: Alicja Kwade

Le Musée du Grand Dehors (The Museum of the Great Outdoors)(Series: works with no series), 2018
Carbon from a White Oak Tree This a detail from, Witness Tree, an entire young oak that has been tra
ARTIST: Amber Ginsburg, Sara Black & Charlie Vinz

The Perfect Beach(Series: works with no series), 2018
installation, performance
ARTIST: Aram Bartholl

PD/MGRTT(Series: works with no series), 2018
project, miscellaneous
ARTIST: Ayşe Erkmen

The Intermediaries(Series: works with no series)
sculpture
ARTIST: Bharti Kher

pulse – Formations(Series: works with no series)
installation
ARTIST: Camille Norment

Study of Bowl on Site(Series: works with no series), 2018
painting, Digital Collage
ARTIST: Chemi Rosado-Seijo

Wandering at the Edge of the Wonderland(Series: works with no series)
miscellaneous
ARTIST: Chong Boon Pok

PHRA-NANG(Series: works with no series)
installation
ARTIST: Chusak Srikwan

Lost Bandwidth(Canopy)(Series: works with no series), 2018
installation, (production image) Biconical antenna, FM transmitter, solar cell, 12 volt battery, powder-coated ste, 2000x2000x3500eachmm
ARTIST: Dane Mitchell

Four Colours Make a Forest(Series: works with no series)
painting, UV Printed on Aluminium Plates, Wires, Concrete
ARTIST: Donna Ong

I’m waiting on for the future of more water to come(Series: works with no series), 2018
installation
ARTIST: Dusadee Huntrakul

Rumors from the Sea(Series: works with no series), 2018
installation
ARTIST: Félix Blume

Alberi e Pietre(Series: works with no series), 2018
installation
ARTIST: Giuseppe Penone

Visions(Series: works with no series), 2018
installation
ARTIST: KrungleviČius Ignas

Through the bones(Series: works with no series)
performance
ARTIST: Jana Winderen

Twilight(Series: works with no series), 2018
sound
ARTIST: Jedsada Tangkulwong

Free Sun Days [Krabi: Model Study for Green Energy Community](Series: works with no series), 2018
performance
ARTIST: JIANDYIN

No Sunrise No Sunset(Series: works with no series), 2018
installation, Fiberglass, iron, aluminum composite panel, steel tubes, concrete
ARTIST: Kamin Lertchaiprasert and Suriya Umpansiriratana

Two Visions of the Wonderland, Krabi 2018(Series: works with no series), 2018
installation, Stainless steel, mirror, and LED Screen
ARTIST: Kamol Tassananchalee

Monuments for Solitude(Series: works with no series), 2018
installation, telephone booth, fossil, Variable size
ARTIST: Leung Chi Wo

Departure(Series: works with no series), 2018
installation, Site-specific installation: plaster, metal,, Variable size
ARTIST: Li Wei

A Wonderland Adventure(Series: works with no series), 2018
miscellaneous, Books, 105x177mm
ARTIST: Lu Pingyuan

Untitled(Series: works with no series)
video
ARTIST: Lucy Beech

Voyage in Time(Series: works with no series)
performance
ARTIST: LUXURYLOGICO

Ghost Island(Series: works with no series), 2018
performance
ARTIST: MAP Office

Silver Souls(Series: works with no series), 2018
installation, Rods, iron, fabric, shells, etc
ARTIST: Mayrhofer-Ohata

Betweenness(Series: works with no series)
video
ARTIST: Oliver Laric

A Formation(Series: works with no series)
installation
ARTIST: Rania Ho

Anima(Series: works with no series), 2018
ARTIST: Richard Streitmatter-Tran and Visarnsak Savangkaew

letter(Series: works with no series)
installation, wood,iron,rope,lawn,stone,other
ARTIST: Rikuo Ueda

Football Field for Buffalo(Series: works with no series)
installation, performance, Mixed media and participatory based project
ARTIST: Takafumi Fukasawa

NAAM YAI(Series: works with no series)
performance
ARTIST: Wrånes Tori

Giant Ruins(Series: works with no series)
installation, performance
ARTIST: Tu Wei-Cheng

Leave No Trace(Series: works with no series)
performance
ARTIST: UuDam Tran Nguyen

Mirrors and copulation are abominable, since they both multiply the numbers of men…(Series: works with no series), 2018
installation, 6000x2500x400mm
ARTIST: VERTICAL SUBMARINE

Story of Love(Series: works with no series)
sculpture
ARTIST: Vichoke Mukdamanee

OTmusuemThai(Series: works with no series)
installation, bed frame, iron tub, wooden blocks, bricks
ARTIST: Vladimir Arkhipov

Apocalypse(Series: works with no series)
object, sculpture
ARTIST: Wang Sishun

Elevated Sea Level(Series: works with no series), 2018
installation
ARTIST: Wang Wei

Gone with Wind(Series: works with no series), 2018
installation
ARTIST: Wang Yuyang

To be or not to be(Series: works with no series), 2018
performance
ARTIST: Yang Zhenzhong

A Great, Correct, Elegant, Spotless and Tailored Refurbishment.(Series: works with no series), 2018
installation, Site-specific installation
ARTIST: Zhang Peili

Pineapple(Series: works with no series), 2018
installation
ARTIST: Zhao Zhao

Life is hard. Why do we make it so easy?(Series: works with no series)
installation
ARTIST: Zheng Bo b.1974
MISCELLANEOUS (40)

Chemi Rosado Seijo,A FANAL(03-16), from The History on Wheels series.
Wood, paint, objects and videos. Contemporary Art and Design Museum, San Jose, Costa Rica, 2016.
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This work calls for Thai residents in Taoyuan, Taiwan to held workshops, for which they provide objects related to the creative process of this work.
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