Bangkok--10 Mar--Neilson Hays Library
In celebration of Thailand's National Elephant Day on Friday 13 March 2015, Neilson Hays Library is delighted to present Millie Young's Trunkated Tales Exhibition and National Elephant Day Auction and Fundraiser, raising funds for GTAEF (Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Fund) and supporting work by Think Elephants International, starting from 6:00 pm to 9:30 pm.
Trunkated Tales explores issues from a personal perspective of artist Milie Young of Human-Elephant Conflict through a series of paintings that juxtapose our presence in their world. From a rogue elephant running toward a STOP sign through a wide vista of paddy fields where a lone tree remains the only reminder that this was once forest; to near invisible mahouts on gaudily dressed ride elephants with signs saying 'No Entry' held together with string; to seemingly wild elephants juxtaposed alongside electric pilons. The acrylic paintings play with light and shadow, often using gold to add an uncanny life in the paintings which change moods as daylight changes.
The event is a chance to actually actively talk about the elephant in the room, skyping with GTAEF's elephants in Chiang Rai, and you join in the auction plus a chance to win a two-night-stay with elephant learning and mahout experience at Anantara Golden Triangle Resort & Spa in Chiang Rai and much more.
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm: Preview of works
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm: Wine reception and Skyping elephants with Think Elephants International
8:00 pm - 9:30 pm: Auction and Raffle
- ENTRY 250 Baht will get you one free raffle ticket, a catalogue and an auction number ‘paddle’ fan and a free drink!
- Raffle tickets 100 Baht each or 12 for 1,000 Baht
- Pre auction bids are welcome via email (
[email protected]) before midnight 12th March.
Trunkated Tales Exhibition will run until 29 March 2015.
Other Activities during the Exhibition:
Saturday 14 March (10:00 am – 12:00 pm and 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm)
Children's activities:
10:00 am: Storytelling 'Six Blind Men and the Elephant'
10:30 am – 12:00 pm: Art activities with Millimations and skyping with elephants with Think Elephants International.
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm: Reading by Pattarasuda Anuman Rajadhon - an adaptation of 'The Elephant Vanishes' by Haruki Murukami
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm: Artist talk about Trunkated Tales exhibition
Thursday 19 March (7:00 pm – 9:00 pm)
Talk by Dr Josh Plotnik, from Think Elephants International "Thinking Elephants: Can Studying their Intelligence Help Us Conserve Them?"
Saturday 28 March (2:00 pm – 4:00 pm)
Children's activities:
2pm - 3pm: Reading by Pattarasuda Anuman Rajadhon - an adaptation of 'The Elephant Vanishes' by Haruki Murukami
3pm - 4pm: Artist talk about Trunkated Tales exhibition
For further information:
Neilson Hays Library
195 Surawong Rd, Bangkok
Tel: 02 233 1731
About Milie Young:
Millie first came to Thailand in 2000 to research for an animation which eventually became the film "Mere Wife" in 2007. Her investigations, drawings and paintings of elephants over the years has been exhibited in the Brighton Festival and at the Brighton Art Fair in 2007. In 2004 she had a one woman, six elephant "Chang, Clang, Swish, Bang!" exhibition at the Booth Natural History Museum. She regularly submits works to the 'Wildlife Artist of the Year' and twice has had her work sold in the Art for Survival Auction at Christies supporting the David Shepherd Wildlife Fund. In 2012 she had her first exhibition in Thailand 'Displace and Misplaced' which had 56 works inspired by the floods of 2011 at Mahidol University Learning Resources Gallery and at Ayutthaya National Art Museum.
More information:https://www.facebook.com/millimations?ref=bookmarks