The work reflected the fig prisoners who were accused and prosecuted on charges of lèse-majesté, Article 112 in Thailand. Article 112 states that “Whoever defames, insults, or threatens the King, Queen, the Heir-apparent, or the Regent shall be punished with imprisonment of three to fifteen years.”

Article 112 (and its use) poses a serious threat to the right of freedom of expression, and as such, it cripples a key mechanism necessary for any democratic society. Unfortunately, the prisoners become invisible in main media and to the public. Somehow compare with an artist who has also become invisible in our society.

This work was made for “Unseen Thailand: Stories of the Invisible,” an art exhibition that grew from the Democracy School of the Book Re:public in June 2012 in Chiang Mai, Thailand.