I'm still useful in my capacity as an arts educator and caretaker for the stray dogs.
Araya RasdjarmrearnsookIt is interesting to ask why people who come to view art suddenly posture themselves as full of righteousness. It's as if my artwork suddenly lends a higher moral ground to everyone else in the Thai art world.
Araya RasdjarmrearnsookMy art practice eventually arrived at a point where I had freedom from various limiting conditions; the institutional mindset is not airtight and isn't altogether ideologically programmed. There are ways of escaping.
Araya RasdjarmrearnsookI eventually shifted to video. Video opened up new conditions, or freed me from old conditions.
Araya RasdjarmrearnsookThai society rarely attempts to control literature in the same way that it vigilantly polices visual art. It's ironic because people in this society are more aware of literature than they are of art.
Araya RasdjarmrearnsookI probably sensed the serious formality of the ceremonies and felt what others were feeling then. Looking back, I'd guess that it had opened up a gaping hole in my psyche. In the process of creating art, I might be trying to fill that hole, or to reduce its depth, or to make it feel less hollow. I think that making art could have helped from that moment on.
Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook