/ soundy I / chat...naa (expanded cinema)
“Chat...Naa” Expanded Cinema, 2017
Exhibition curator: Vuth Lyno
expanded cinema curator: Pathompong Manakitsomboon
11 November - 5 December 2017 at Cartel Artspace, N22, Bangkok, TH.
The Performance Chat...Naa expanded Cinema is a part of the Chat...Naa exhibition, showcased on the opening day. Arnont opted for Christmas lights, the same type used throughout the Chat...Naa exhibition. These lights, used in this joyful event, stand in direct contrast to their typical usage in funeral ceremonies in Thailand. The performance includes modified CCTV cameras, combined with motors, to induce vibrations in the video imagery and generate accompanying sounds. The video display is projected on the large exterior wall of outside of the gallery, It's like showing outdoors cinema.
Chat…Naa brings together previous and new works by Chiang Mai-based artist Arnont Nongyao into an immersive installation of sound, light and moving images. Chat means life, incarnation or nation. Naa means next, future, or to come. The playfulness in the title reflects the attention to a state of yet to come. A state that is transforming and being transformed. It is at once unstable and fragile, yet full of potential. Arnont, therefore, invites us to experience a realm of transition and possibility. (text by Vuth Lyno)
