Sound installation,2005
Site specific work at Jim Thompson Thai House, Bangkok, Thailand
Curated by Sachiko Namba, Grithiya Gaweewong, Ann Coxon
“Supaparinya’s research into the legend of Jim Thompson shows that she understands the curiosity among Thai people-visitors and friends- about Thompson’s history and his disappearance. In an attempt to communicate with him, she has executed a sound installation that connects the historical past with our present understanding or perception of the man Jim Thompson.
Based on her interest in transferring or interpreting through her project the Buddhist idea of tha vai sang kha than (The action of offering something to a monk which may be pass to the spirit of a person.) She has described “The idea like … we pass food or cloth to a dead person though the monk. It doesn’t matter those items of food or cloth really arrive to that person or not, but it is important that we try to communicate somehow… to hear something from someone… to say something with someone.”
Gridthiya Gaweewong, Interweaving Cultures, 2005
“You are there.
You are not there.
You are there.
You are not there.
Let’s taste the way between us.”