Bangkok--6 Jun--Tadu Contemporary Art
Globalization…. please slow down
by Amrit Chusuwan
Nipan Oranniwesna
Curator Apisak Sonjod
This exhibition aims to urge viewers to re-think the process of adopting a foreign culture, concept or philosophy of life, whether its flow is east to west, or vice versa. Without careful consideration or proper selection, we may end up feeling lost, or worse, still feeling like we are losing our own identity. Therefore, we should “pause” and “consider” it thoroughly. In reality, there are people worldwide who quickly open their arms to new cultures, if that is the case, we would like to suggest everyone to stay “still”. In this great “amazing race” of life, we often find ourselves being players in a game, controlled by others. Our every more, thought and decision is planned by careful marketing strategies.
In order to prevent ourselves from losing our identity, we should pause and give ourselves a little time to review on what we already have and consider borrowing just only the things that we may need in order to advance in the modern world. This process will not only present our Thai way of life, Buddhism, and ascent traditions from dying, it would make us the real “winners” of the race, when we real “winners” of the race, when we learn, for one, to stay “still”.
Thai Pavilion at the S. Croce 556 Venezia,Italy.
To be presided over by M.R. CHAKRAROT CHITRABONGS
Distinguished Scholar of Chulalongkorn University
Former Permanent Secretary for Culture
Friday, June 8th 2007, at 4.00 p.m.
Exhibition period: June 9 to November 21, 2007
10.00 a.m. — 2.00 p.m. and 4.00 p.m. — 6.00 p.m. (Jun. 9 — Sep. 25)
10.00 a.m. — 2.00 p.m. (Sep. 25 — Nov.21)
Closed on Mondays and Tuesday
Click for photo release at www.thaipr.net