36 International Artists are working on a Collaborative Project Chiang Mai-TH on Raw Material

[Chutima Kerdpitak(Nok)]

What To Dip/วัตถุดิบ

International Exhibition

Chiang Mai University Art Center

Nimmanhaemin Road, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Dates: Exhibition from Thursday 6 to Friday 28 October 2011

Opening Party on Thursday 6 October 2011 from 18.00 to 21.00

http://www.uncookedculture.com/#/what-to-dip/4548337392

Info in Thai Language

Image Credit: Bon Appétit , by Bindu Mehra, Canada 2011 Paper Napkins, Ink

 

Project Synopsis

 

“What To Dip aims to provoke the concerns on our consumption of Raw Material and Natural Resource by using art as a common ground of exchanging expressions, ideas, suggestions, comments and knowledge to diverse audience in Thailand, it encourages artists to explore and investigate on the influences of capitalism/consumerism/materialism/globalism toward our purchasing and consuming behavior that caused environmental exploitation either directly or indirectly. We buy more than we need. We waste more than we benefit from what we think we need. Every action has its consequences toward what we intervene, eventually someone somewhere has to pay. Rapid rise demand on raw material/ natural resource for our daily usage in contradiction to gradual replacement of those resources results in a critical imbalance, not to mention disasters that are taking place in several parts of the planet including man-made destruction such war which again accelerates rapid losses of resources. Sustainable ideas such as recycle, reuse and utilization of local resources although being considered globally in theory, yet over-consumption is quicker on a daily basis and the ignorance to put those sustainable ideas into practice make it tough to balance it all out. The world manipulation generate unnecessary temptation for people to value social status and enlarge our selfishness for our individual social survival rather than building up unity to genuinely create mass benefit to human community as a whole. Who do you think gains the maximum benefit from our consumption? How will we cope with the critical situation of raw material resources in the materialistic world?”

 

Curators: Chutima Kerdpitak (Nok) | Erin Lee Benson | Alice Cunningham

Guest Curator: Katie Hawker (Surface Arts)

Jury-Exhibitors: Bindu Mehra | Pattree Chimnok | Joshua Haycraft-BHBITB | Leonardo Aguinaldo|
François Nasica | Charlie Phillips | Lynn Todd | Chris Czainski | Josianne Ishikawa | Anne Higman | Chakkrit Chimnok |
Ciara Foster | Elaine Woo MacGregor | Christy Symington | Max(Mikail) Ryleev | Jeff Roland |

Gustav Glander | Liz Parkinson | Katie Jade Hawker

Jury-Exhibitors are selected Uncooked Culture's members who exhibit and contribute their collaboration to the project curatorial process
 

Project Director: Traci Morachnick-Chiang Mai based
Project Coordinator: Thammakit Thamboon (Otto)-Chiang Mai based
Marketing and PR Director: Somtat Srikaew (Hut)-London based

 

What To Dip 36 artists from 12 diferrent countries

Thammakit Thamboon: Thailand, Jeff Roland: France, Traci Morachnick:Thailand, Paphonsak La-or: Thailand, Andrew Stahl: England UK, Chakkrit Chimnok: Thailand, Alice Cunningham: England UK, Surajate Tongchua: Thailand, Charlie Phillips: England UK/ Japan, Padungsak Kochsomrong: Thailand, Gustav Glander: Spain, Sukhum Nakpradith: Thailand, Nina Vetrova-Robinson: USA, Erin Lee Benson: USA,Thailand, Bindu Mehra: Canada, Pattree Chimnok: Thailand , Joshua Haycraft-BHBITB: USA, Dontree Siribanjongsak: Thailand, Leonardo Aguinaldo: Philippines, François Nasica: France , Stuart MacKenzie: Scotland UK, Lynn Todd: New Zealand, Max(Mikhail) Ryleev: China , Elena Ryleeva: China, Chris Czainski: England UK , Josianne Ishikawa: Japan/ USA, Anne Higman: England UK, Gareth Hughes: England UK, Ciara Foster: Ireland, Elaine Woo MacGregor: Scotland UK, Louise Schmid: Scotland UK, Christy Symington: England UK, Chutima Kerdpitak: England UK/ Thailand, Mary Zeran: USA, Liz Parkinson: Australia, Danni Higman: England UK, Suface Arts: England UK

 

Sample of each artist's work from their portfolio & links and be viewed at

http://www.uncookedculture.com/#/what-to-dip-exhibitors/4550467134

 

 

Info about "What To Dip" project/artist statements/images/events are also available in Press Packet PDF file, please follow the link below.

WhatToDipPressPacketHighResolution.pdf

 

Events:

  

Opening Party

Thursday 6 October 6-9pm

Location: Chiang Mai University Art Center, Chiang Mai

 

 

Live Uncooked

Saturday 8 October 3-4pm

Location: Sangdee Gallery, Chiang Mai

Art costume show of Elena Ryleeva and Max Ryleev

Live Performances by artists Chakkrit Chimnok, Chris Czainski, Padungsak Kochsomrong.

A chance to showcase some of our Uncooked Artists whose practice extends to live and performative work. You can expect a diverse range of actions and interventions exploring amongst other things; relationships, personal space and consumerism. 

 

 

Creative uses of Raw Material and Social Media

Saturday 8th October 4-6pm

Location: Sangdee Gallery, Chiang Mai

Panel discussion event with invited speakers: Dr Sate Sampattagul, Katie Hawker, Worathep Akkabootara, Chakkrit Chimnok.

We have invited a specialist panel of international professionals in the fields of Fine Art, Curation, Environmentalism and Architecture to discuss this topic and have an open participation discussion.

Please find Speakers' Biography of this event at the bottom of the page

 

 

Explore in Questions

Sunday 9th October 2-5pm

Location: CMU Art Center

Community event led by Katie Hawker

in collaboration with the ComPeung,Village of Creativity

Community Arts Organiser, artist and curator Katie Hawker will lead and develop a project in partnership with a local community in Chang Mai. This event will see the resulting artworks and give other members of the community and artists a chance to get involved in a collaborative participatory activity.

 

 

Artists Presentations

Tuesday 11th October 6-9.30pm

Location: Sangdee Gallery, Chiang Mai

Presentations by participating artists.

A chance to find out more about our artists and their practice and ask any questions you might have.

  

 

 

Speakers Biography’s

"Creative uses of Raw Material and Social Media" Event

 

 

Chakkrit Chimnok

Artist

 

Chakkrit is a multimedia artist. Trained BFA in Sculpture at the department of Fine Arts, ChiangMai University and graduate MFA in Visual Art, Faculty of Fine Arts, Chiang Mai University, Thailand. http://www.wix.com/chakkritchimnok

 

 

Worathep Akkabootara 

Artist

 

Worathep is a writer/artist based in Bangkok also a co-founder of As Yet Unnamed, artists collectives founded since 1997. Currently writes for Art Square and Journal of Siamese Architecture Association. His recent articles published locally and internationally such as three articles in Jakarta based contemporary art magazine C-arts, A Symptom of Cohabitation for Gallery West, the Netherlands, and Fundamental Chemistry of As Yet Unnamed in “Creating Space ”Post Alternative Spaces in South East Asia (co writes with David Teh). Among many writings, in 2008 Worathep collaborated with Tyler Russel and Navin Rawanchaikul in magazine style artist book “Navin SALA”.

               

In 2009 and 2010 Worathep co-curated two exhibitions Safe Place in the future and Artsit House : Poetics of Dwelling, respectively with Somsuda Piamsumrit and Chakkrit Chimnok. From 2010-2011 Worathep got a grant from ARTSNETWORKASIA to realize the project Urban Parasite and an affiliate project Invisible Wall gained honorable mentioned prize in LETSNOTTALKABOUTARCHITECTURE, Singapore.

               

Latest group exhibitions includes THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED at Taipei Artist Village, Imagine Peace at BACC-Bangkok, Sharp Clear Deep at Parasite-Hong Kong, and Plateau Flavour in Art on Farm artist in residency programme.

               

Worathep also regularly collaborates with artists, architects, intructor colleagues to deliver lectures and workshop recently includes (Re) writing city (2005),  Art at the periphery with students from the faculty of Architecture (2009), Photomedia (2010), Mediating City (2010), Guerilla Space(2011) and Homo in Art : Art of homo (2011)

 

 

 

 

Katie Hawker

Artist/ Curator

 

Katie Hawker is the founder of Surface Arts, which develops bespoke projects outside

of traditional spaces that create environments for critical exposure where artists and

the public can engage in a meaningful exchange of art and ideas and nurture a spirit of

adventure.

 

Hawker has an MA in Arts Management and a BA (Hons) degree in Fine Art: Sculpture. Shehas previously worked as Visual Arts Coordinator and Audience Development Officer in theUK. She is a practicing artist and continues to exhibit widely.

 

She is currently artist in residence at ComPeung Village of Creativity and works in sculpture and actions that involve participation. She researches what happens throughout process and develops interactive scenes that mirror comparisons and paradoxes within society and ideals. Through connectivity, criticality and dialogues she creates mutual learning that fortifies the advancement of collaboration.

 

Her current work investigates boundaries, using the internet as a tool for collaboration.

The advance in wireless technology has aided the mobility of society. Modern culture is

characterised by the movement of people across borders. Two extreme cases occur here

with some seriously finding a way to survive and others simply emphasising our ease and

ability of to be nomadic supported by mobilisation of capital, goods and knowledge. This

work treats geographical displacement as a new material and explores both sides.

www.arttourist.surfacearts.co.uk www.surfacearts.co.uk

 

 

 

 

Dr Sate Sampattagul

Head of Research Unit for Energy, Economic and Ecological Management

Science and Technology Research Institute

Chiang Mai University

 

Assistant Dean for International Relations, Alumni Relations and Public Relation Affairs

Faculty of Engineering,

Chiang Mai University

 

Dr Sate teaches and conducts research in the Energy Engineering Program, Faculty of Engineering, Chiang Mai University. Most of my researches focus on not only the energy crisis or renewable energy but also concerning the environmental impact and solutions such as Eco-Design, Life Cycle Management and Ecological Footprint Analysis. I have been collaborating with the National Metal and Materials Technology Center, Thailand (MTEC) for many years to carry on the National Life Cycle Inventory Database of logistics and products. I was on one of the committees which worked with Thailands Greenhouse Gas Organization (TGO). Which set up the Carbon Footprint Labeling of Product (CFP) Program in Thailand and now my research team and I support TGO as the CFP consultants and verifiers.

 

Recently, I am working on Water Footprint Analysis of Bio-ethanol from cassava and sugarcane under the funding support of  the National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT).

 

 

Contact

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“ART +  SOCIAL MEDIA = Synergy for creating a balanced global environment"

 

 

 

 

 

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Due to the flood situation in Bangkok, Khun Worathep could not make it to our event Creative uses of Raw Material and Social Media !

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We were also selected to be published at www.chic-charmtravelling.com

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Our project was selected to be published in "Chiang Mai City Life" online magazine: http://www.city-now.com/comment.php?cid=285411&lang=English&...

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Behind the scence-photos from setting up the show to the Opening Party by our LIVE collaboration of Thai and overseas artists who made it there at CMU Museum-Chiang Mai

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"What To Dip" Community project led by Katie Jade Hawker, held at CMU Art Museum

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photos from our additional events at Sangdee Gallery, Chiang Mai

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photos of artwork shown in the exhibition at CMU Art Museum

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