Beyond the Queendom Case ……Episode

Installation

2019

 

The artist conjectures through his art works that there is possible resemblance between the northeastern Thai Widow Ghost, Rangda the Witch in Indonesia and Kali the Goddess of death in south Asia. These legends symbolize Mother Nature, motherhood and matriarchy which are believed to be the origins of countless creations yet with a great deal of sacrifice in return. In very remote areas of Thailand, all the stories about the Widow Ghost painfully cause Thai widows self-hatred and symbolize death, genocide, extortion and class oppression.

Through these art works, the artist also wishes to convey his interest in the birth of natural history, anthropological and archaeological museums in southeast Asia which exhibit the depictions of nation state and wisdom descended from imperialism.

These art works illustrate the mysterious and ritualistic death in order to persuade the spectators to puzzle out the mystery based on their very own personal memories, experience along with historical evidence and local beliefs. Moreover, the artist also hypothesizes that this violence-packed oral history which probably in some way has some impact in present daily life.