20:25 minutes, A4 photographs
When Need Moves the Earth is a three-channel video that combines elements of documentary footage, archival material and abstract aerial shots to encompass a painterly yet forthright exploration of a coal mine and a water dam in Thailand. A meditation on the impact of industrialization on the natural environment, the work highlights the drastic alterations that these operations leave in its place. Som Supaparinya’s work is often a commentary on political, social, and personal issues. She considers and decodes public information to reveal the structures that affect us and the world we live in. Questioning how we value what is ‘natural’ or ‘man-made’; or what is ‘truth’ or ‘fiction’, her most recent projects investigate the social and environmental impact of industrial activity and in parallel, governmental control in Thailand. Working in a wide variety of mediums including installation, photography, video and sculpture, she questions the interpretation of images, text and sound and of her own sociopolitical context.
Humanity is not ontologically transcendent, artist Som Supaparinya’s work makes adamantly clear: actions energetically create impacts, experience dictated not only by our perceptions but equally the world that surrounds us, tethered inextricably. Transhuman in scope, probing subjects from the strange experiential dimension of wind, to Thai political corruption, Supaprinya’s films, photographs and installations engage with affective experiences that cement themselves into the complex environmental systems of our world. Supaparinya’s work is often a commentary on political, social, and personal issues. She considers and decodes public information to reveal the structures that affect us and the world we live in. Questioning how we value what is ‘natural’ or ‘man-made’; or what is ‘truth’ or ‘fiction’, her most recent projects investigate the social and environmental impact of industrial activity and, in parallel, governmental control in Thailand. Working in a wide variety of mediums including installation, photography, video and sculpture, she questions the interpretation of images, text and sound and of her own sociopolitical context.
Produced for the Prix Marcel Duchamp and presented at the Centre Pompidou in October 2017, the installation Uncomformities is comprised of photographs, archaeological drawings, and narratives, based on the analysis of core samples from different sites in Beirut, Paris and Athens...
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Under the bonnet: €300,000 Ferrari-funded restoration completed on 13th-century Cimabue fresco Art market Museums & heritage Exhibitions Books Podcasts Columns Technology Adventures with Van Gogh Search Search Conservation news Under the bonnet: €300,000 Ferrari-funded restoration completed on 13th-century Cimabue fresco Maestà di Assisi, located in the saint's home town, which survived a deadly earthquake in 1997, has been returned to its original luminosity James Imam 8 February 2024 Share Cimabue’s Madonna Enthroned with the Child, Four Angels and St Francis underwent two previous restorations: in the late 19th century and again in 1973 Tecnireco A fading fresco by the 13th-century artist Cimabue that survived a deadly earthquake 25 years ago has been returned to its original splendour following a €300,000 restoration funded by the luxury car manufacturer Ferrari...
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Fade In (the whole title of the film is actually the entire five page script) is a collaboration with the Danish artist collective Superflex (group of freelance artist–designer–activists committed to social and economic change, founded in 1993 by Jakob Fenger, Rasmus Nielsen and Bjørnstjerne Christiansen)...
Hybridized drawing is a continued exploration in Moshekwa’s practice, integrating elements of graffiti, thread and yarn to enrich his abstract drawings of maps and space...
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In the video Unit/y we see Amapola Prada in the center of the screen wearing an oversized, worn out sweatshirt, socks and flip-flops—standing motionless on a dimly lit street in her native Lima, Peru...
Letter from Esplanade: A reflection on the arts, lessons from SARS, and COVID-19 | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay April 9, 2020 By Yvonne Tham (1,700 words, 7-minute read) In the performing arts, timing is everything...