Politics in Art – Between Sharing and Showing
7 Feb 2008
Venue: Goethe-Institut Auditorium, Bangkok
The symposium takes place in the framework of two exhibitions: ARTSPACE GERMANY, and UNDERLYING from The Mekong Art and Culture Project.
Part 1 :
Time: 10am - 12:30pm
A considerable number of Thai artists studied arts abroad. They studied foreign standards and international standards in depth, and had to find their own standpoint as foreigners. But finally they made it. They majored, earned local fame outside their own country. Finally they returned home with a degree and recognition from studying arts abroad. But what seemed to be a privilege often turns out the beginning of an estrangement from one´s home and home standards and cultural language.
We asked Sutthirat Supaparinya, Wasinburee Supanichvoraparch to join us in a reflection about the question: was it worth going abroad?
Moderator: Jakapan Vilaseenikul.
Part 2
Time: 1:30 - 4pm
The symposium takes place in the framework of two exhibitions: ARTSPACE GERMANY, and UNDERLYING from the Mekong Art Project.
Dr. Ursula Zeller (ifa – Institut of Foreign Relations, Germany) and
Dr. Apinan Poshyananda (Centre of Contemporary Art at the Ministry of Culture, Thailand ) will be talking about state support for the arts. In particular they will consider the role of the arts in the outreach of a state outside its own boundaries and the degree of public support for the interior growth of the arts.
Moderator: Dr. Sayan Deangklom.
- Symposium in Thai Language with simultaneous translation
Venue:
Goethe-Institut Bangkok
18/1 Soi Goethe, Sathorn 1 Bangkok 10120 Thailand
Tel: ++66(0) 2287 0942-4
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.goethe.de/bangkok
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