Modern Fuel Artist Run Centre, in collaboration with the Union Gallery, presents the work of visiting Thai artist Sarawut Chutiwongpeti and collaborators in a multimedia installation focusing on the hybridity of new media and cross-cultural exchange. The piece will represent the artist’s explorations of the in-between of nature and science, contemporary art and traditional culture. In his recent work, Chutiwongpeti asks the question, “What are our thoughts, doubts, fears, uncertainties, and reflections as we head towards the new material and immaterial territories which we are to inhabit in the future?” His residency in Kingston will contribute to the ‘real-life’ research he has undertaken in the development of his practice and will further the investigations of his “Wishes, Lies, and Dreams” projects.
Chutiwongpeti will work with selected individuals to produce a collaborative installation, for the project room at the Union Gallery and for the internet through Modern Fuel ARC. Various items, from the religious to the profane, will be contributed by participants and combined in a mixed media installation. Participants will also select outdoor locations for performances on a specific theme that will be documented and included in the installation. A reception for the installation-in-progress will be held at the Union Gallery on the 5th of December.
