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“Opera of Kard”
Opera of Kard (Market), 2021
12-channel video installation, Dimension variable,
a part of “Fertile Ground” group exhibition.
The work "Oper of Kard" which was exhibited at the Singapore Biennale 2019, has been reinstalled in a group exhibition titled "Fertile Ground." The exhibition explores concepts related to the artists Who use food as an entry point to discuss urgent political, societal and environmental issues. The artists offer food as a tool for activism, cultural exchange, repositories of history and visions for the future.
Text by Vipash Purichanont, (curator of Singapore Biennale 2019)
Interested in the notion of sound as a vibration and the world as a network of complex vibrations, Arnont Nongyao creates experimental sound performances and installations. Opera of Kard (Market) is an immersive multi-screen installation. Each of the 12 channels plays back the sounds and scenery from a kard, or local market in northern Thailand. These weekly markets are gathering places where people from different ethnic backgrounds congregate, communicate and trade. From people chattering to birds singing and the wind blowing, each kard is, for the artist, also a musical score. Rearranged into a single composition, the sounds now come together as a socio-cultural operatic performance of the kard.
Artists participated : Lauren Dunn, Kim Hak, Shivanjani Lal, Sophal Neak, Arnont Nongyao, Elia Nurvista, Keg De Souza, James Tylor, Kawita Vatanajyankur.
Co-Curated by Olivia Poloni & Sarah Bond.
at Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, Australia.
Photos by Centre for Contemporary Photography team.
Artist interview : https://vimeo.com/574844686
info : https://ccp.org.au/exhibition/fertile-ground/
Aritst interview about process of field recording for Opera of Kard for SB 2019