A complete list of lighting installations at Awakening Bangkok 2018
Awakening Bangkok, a festival of lights organized by Time Out Bangkok, along with a few distinguished partners, nudges this historic district “awake” with light installations—exhibited in the area’s most iconic structures—that hearken bark to Charoenkrung’s heritage but also give a glimpse of its future. We invite you to take a walk down memory lane—in more ways than one—and admire these riveting showcases created by Bangkok’s emerging visual designers. And as you amble down the path once trod upon by the ancestors of the city, may you rediscover the many charms and hidden attractions of the locale that first put Bangkok on the map.
Rhythm of Reflection
Artist: Spark Industries
Location: Prince Theatre Heritage Stay
Using the reflection and refraction of light, this artwork explores the cultural diversity of Charoenkrung, where Thai, Chinese, Middle Eastern and European communities have lived together for years, and how these communities are collectively bringing the neighborhood towards the future.
The Crown Pavilion
Artist: Conscious x Kimbab
Location: Prince Theatre Heritage Stay
The iconic “crown” feature of the renowned Prince Theater becomes the canvas for pixel art portraying iconic movie stars and popular film characters.
Anywhere
Artist: Arisara phumprasop, Nutthawan Saetang, Irene Kanokphitakkul
Location: Prince Theatre Heritage Stay
Playing with the concept of illusion, this art installation uses lighting to discover what’s hidden beyond the limelight.
The Spectrum
Artist: Vawa Studio
Location: Prince Theater Heritage Stay
This art installation experiments with liquid crystals and different color filters to highlight the contrast between old and new movie screening technologies.
California Dream
Artist: Splendour Solis Collective
Location: Prince Theatre Heritage Stay
Back in the ’80s and 90s, this standalone cinema in Charoenkrung was popular for romantic assignations and rendezvous. This art installation redefines the phrase “California Dream” by using a mirror-wall passageway to portray love, reverie and memory, and to show the parallelism between dreams and reality.
Aesthetic
Artist: Billy Team
Location: O.P. Place
This lighting installation employs the concept of kinetic art to give off the illusion that a stationary art piece is moving.
Eyes on me
Artist: From / Object / to studio
Location: O.P. Place
Art collective From / Object / to studio reimagines O.P. Place as a symbol of the long-gone heyday of Charoenkrung. The light exhibit takes place outside of the structure, intimating that we could only observe the past as outsiders. Serving a bit irony, the installation also hints that understanding the past is the only way we can move into the future.
112 Red & Yellow Tubes [will be exhibited till Nov 20]
Artist: Liam Morgan
Location: O.P. Place
Part of Liam Morgan’s Ngan Wat series, 112 Red and Yellow Tubes features the use of kinetic light objects. Originally shown in Yokohama, Japan and now in Thailand for the first time, it re-envisions the decorative elements used in Thai temple fairs.
JAMESON presents Jam Space
Location: Prince Theatre Heritage Stay
The entrance of O.P. Place is transformed into a lighting showcase that utilizes HYPERVSN, a cutting-edge holographic technology from England backed by visionary entrepreneur Richard Branson.
Elevator
Artist: At Yeast
Location: Swan Hotel
Inspired by elements that represent transience, such as the short stay of a hotel guest, this art installation uses elevators to give the audience a sense of “time travel.”
Triangle Light
Artist: MOD No.2 (Kesorn Khamlaeng, Wanwisa
Polyiem, Thunyapaphat Kittithananuwong,
Boontika pokpong, Anchali rattanasaringkhan,
Chareephorn Sarakarn, Chayamon Steerasinlapin)
Location: Haroon Mosque Community
Using triangular shapes and light bulbs, traditionally
regarded as symbols of enlightenment, this installation
aims to represent the neighborhood of Chareonkrung,
which was the birthplace of commercial prosperity in
Bangkok, as well as an educational hub in modern Thai
history.
Travel Through Times
Artist: Patamon Nisabodee
Location: Haroon Mosque Community
The artist uses a light mirror to examine the connection
between the different eras of Charoenkrung,
reconnecting its past, present and future through
the use of dichroic materials, and die cut and V-laser
techniques.
To Faith
Artist: Billy Team
Location: Entrance to the Haroon Mosque
Community
Inspired by iconic Islamic art, this installation plays with
geometric patterns, arabesque décor, Arabic calligraphy
to display light through a lamp as a symbol of faith.
Project _ Floor Fuang Fah (15-16)
Artist: Leftover Studio
Location: Marine Police Lodge
This installation uses sound and light movement to relive
the grand parties the structure would host for foreign
guests in the past. “Floor Fueng Fah” also celebrates the
building’s forthcoming inclusion in the list of conserved
historic buildings by the Fine Arts Department.
Oscillate
Artist: Kawisara Anansaringkarn
Location: Parking lot of Marine Police Lodge
This installation plays up light shining through tools and utensils commonly used in the Bangrak neighborhood to show the unique relationship between the locals and their everyday objects.
Vestige
Artist: COTH STUDIO (Designer: Chalermkiat Somdulyawat; programmer: Nattapat Koomklang; and sound designer: Kasidath Ritngarm)
Location: Parking lot of Marine Police Lodge
Vestige uses cutting-edge installation to examine the
effects of time and memory on the community, and to
provoke the audience into recognizing the connection
between the past and the future.
Under Surveillance
Artist: The Pagan Pilgrim
Location: O.P. Garden
Under Surveillance uses experimental art to mimic the idea of being watched on a CCTV at all times, thus spotlighting issues of both security and insecurity. The audience is invited to write down their feelings of being watched on the installation.
Antenna of Letter
Artist: Living Spirit
Location: Grand Postal Building
Paying homage to the history and previous function
of the Grand Postal Building, this interactive lighting
installation, which comprises columns each with a letter
of the alphabet, allows the audience to come up with a
message and light it up in the color of their choice.
Awakening
Artist: Billy Team
Location: Grand Postal Building
Created with materials found within the neighborhood, such as snack bags and vinyl banners, this installation takes inspiration from the creativity of local merchants in selling their products, from how they decorate their street food stalls to how they serve soft drinks in plastic bags.
Holo Light
Artist:MOD No.1 (Vadfa Booncham, Praewpan Luansiri, Tidsawan Yamsiri, Kittipong Chaikamharn, Suthathip Uppasuk, Atipat Pooksrisuk, Virinsire Chomchey, Panu Wiansantia)
Location: Grand Postal Building
Playing with the reflection of lights, this installation takes advantage of the grandeur of the Grand Postal Building to showcase the changes in light and weather during the day.
OPPO R17 Pro presents Seize the Night
Location: Grand Postal Building
Elegance meets enchantment in the OPPO R17 Pro’s Radiant Mist casing with fog lighting that flows between deep blue and purple hues. It can be said the beauty of the night is more delicate than the day. The R17 Pro brings you deeper into night's most enchanting moments, with powerful night shot settings that coax light through the dark to gently capture their allure.
The Uncertainty of the Uniform
Artist: Saturate Design Studio (Designer: Peem Poolpol; Sound designer: Ella Griffin; Pixel programmer: Matthew Tantiveerakul)
Location: Basement of Grand Postal Building
A multidisciplinary light showcase that involves movement, digital graphics and complicated noises.
Warning: this performance contains a use of strobes, haze and loud noise
The Lost Traveller
Artist: Khopfa Chanpensri
Location: Soi Charoenkrung 32
Inspired by his personal experiences of “getting lost,”
Khopfa recreates his feelings of surprise—both positive
and negative—upon the realization that he had veered
off course, as well as the lights, sounds and forms that
accompanied his disorientation. The artist relives these
memories with a lighting installation that highlights
journeys of old, on boats along the Chao Phraya river and
on trains throughout the city.
Submerged
Artist: Saturate Design Studio (Designer: ruttharoj pitthacharoenthorn; lighting designer: peem poolpol; and production manager: panomkorn phumkua)
Location: Soi Charoenkrung 32
A site-specific installation that recreates an experience of being drown using a scrafolding to reflect on Thai people's inability to express their political thoughts.
Areacycle
Artist: Muststart
Location: Soi Charoenkrung 32
Focusing on the abandonment of historical prosperity, Must Start upcycles unwanted waste to create a lighting installation that addresses the value that can be found in discarded objects.
A Way
Artist: Round and Nine
Location: Soi Charoenkrung 32
“Newness” was what Charoenkrung Road was all about when it was first completed. Chaoroenkrung was a gateway of sorts, welcoming Bangkokians to the then uncertain future of modern trade and society. The artist reinterprets the idea of this “gateway” with a glowing door that looks to transport you to an unknown universe.
Silent Hypnosis
Artist: Autosave
Location: WareHouse 30
Silent Hypnosis is an interactive light installation that responds to hand movements. Participants will be able to record a story in a form they define themselves, within a hushed and tranquil atmosphere.