Artist and Artworks

from Melting Boundaries Exhibition Catalogue

by School of Contemporary Art Project Myanmar SOCA

Overview of the Public Program

Artist & Artwork

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Napat Vatanakuljaras (Thailand) Mayco Naing (Myanmar) Kriz Channyein (Myanmar)

Physical of Belief (Remake 2017) Multimedia Installation

Due to his family belief, the pomegranate tree was used in the birth ritual of the Chinese family's first son and this pomegranate tree is the same age with art ist. This relationship in the dimension of time, space and physical."Pomegranate tree as a protagonist for the story or as an ‘avatar’ to record new stories through short documentaries. Apart from a self-ex ploration from environmental and external contexts also exploring internal identities through micro scope microscopy to visualize physical presentation within the physical world through the simulation of scientific research labs" he said. Proof of biological identity between his (urine, cheeks, hair, finger) and pomegranates (roots, leaves, fruits, trunks). All imag es are presented on a 3 screen television.

This Yangon experience make him to explore again, this year about he reach the age of 25, his pome granate tree as well. His returned to revisit it again and travel to the 'neighbours' that even though the distance is very close, knowing only through the textbook at school. This opportunity to start researching neighbours more and more, leading to the idea of how to get to know 'neighbours' in how to use art as a tool by using my avatar- leaving home to experiencing through his recordings stuff (photos, video and notes).

Napat Vatanakuljaras (Thailand) (born- 1992 Bangkok)

Napat Vatanakuljaras is a young multi-media Artist from Thailand. He learned Art at the faculity of Architecture, King Mongkut’s Institute of Thechnology Ladkrabang, Bangkok. He practiced in the multi-media and conceptual based reflected social phenomena, identity and complex of culture. His first solo exhibition was held at the Bang - kok University Gallery(BUG) in 2015. From 2012 to 2016 he participated the collective projects. Recently he joined this SEA program’s "Mafia table" collective work collabo - rate with Roslisham Ismail aka ISE at Bacc (Bangkok Art and Culture Centre) in 2017.

I had started my last project in the university in 2015, it was a period of reconsidering myself again about my life at the present and the near future. Starting to find an identity, the history of myself from the evi dence and traces that appear from my home (Narratives, objects, photos, videos) until it converges on the pomegranate tree, which is a representation of my existence. Due to Chinese belief, the pome granate tree was used in the birth ritual of the first son and the pomegranate tree is the same age as me. This relationship in the dimension of time, space and physical. I chose pomegranate tree as a pro tagonist for my story or as an ‘avatar’ to record new stories through short documentaries. Apart from a self-exploration from environmental and external contexts also exploring internal identities through microscope microscopy to visualize physical pre sentation within the physical world through the simulation of scientific research labs. Proof of biological identity between me (urine, cheeks, hair, finger) and pomegranates (roots, leaves, fruits, trunks). All images are presented on a 3 screen television.

This exhibition in Yangon make me explore again, this year I am about to reach the age of 25, my pomegranate tree as well. I returned to revisit it again and travel to the 'neighbours' that I don’t know well. Even though the distance is very close, I just get to know only through the textbook at school. So I took this opportunity to start researching and getting to know my neighbours more and more, leading to the idea of how to get to know 'neigh bours' in how to use art as a tool by using my avatar - pomegranate tree to exchange avatar with 24 neighbours (including me 25) equal to my age to get to know and start counting 1 with outward looking or leaving home to experiencing through my recordings stuff (photos, video and notes). This exhibition also become as a scientific research labs simulation to meet and get acquainted ‘neighbors’ from the information the audience provided, and I brought the information to make a new version of the name card to return and exchange to each other.

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PhotoSketch of the Plan drawing by Artist Napat.

PhotoUpper-Artist touching his Installation. Below- Audience enjoy Napat's Multimedia Installation and discuss with Artist.

Manuport

“ Manuport “ In archaeology and anthropology, a manuport is a natural object which has been moved from its original context by human agency but oth erwise remains unmodified. The word derives from the Latin words manus, meaning "hand" and portare, meaning "to carry".

This is the first time I going to have an art exhibition out side my home country. The artwork brought me from where I live, I brought my artwork, a living tree, with me. This work is a journalof me and the tree journey in many areas. By meeting people in the local area, I took my tree to know new friends. By doing a name cards for my tree to exchange with people who own a plant trees. This work is a small experience to ex change and get to know each other for a short time. But I see new identities of neighbors who have never known by the tree talk.

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theme: Self-portraits ID Photo & Multimedia Installation

"Self-portraits are the mirror of my feelings, emotions and my personal life" The artist did capture thou sands of IDs for different types of people and the artist personally think that taking ID photos are not so called ordinary that it used to be in the past.

An ID represents a person’s feelings, emotions and their attitudes towards life. Anybody can ask some one to smile or act infront of camera but it is difficult to capture the true essence of his or her existence. An image is reflection of our reality and we can see the reflection of both emotional and physical chang es over a lifetime from an ID.

In Myanmar, where clicking ID picture is considered to be old fashioned or out of style due to people never get full attention that they deserved to get to bring out their true essence. There a lot of other people's ID photos will gives this representation too.

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Mayco Naing (Myanmar) (Born-1981 Yangon)

Mayco Naing is a Photo & Multi-media artist from Myan- mar. She worked as a photographer and she found the freedom of expression in contemporary art. Having spot - ted an YPF (Yangon Photo Festival) poster in 2010, she attended her first master classes, received the Creative Prize, exhibited abroad (the Lyon Biennale, the Bangkok Biennale, festivals in Lishui and Dali in China). Her por trait series, entitled Identity of Fear, captures the Burmese generation born around the time of the 1988 revolution, raised with little education, conservative values, and coming of age under a repressive military regime.

PhotoPeople enjoy and took the self-ID photo at the Mayco's work.

theme: portraits of Nun

Photograph (Print)

A woman being two sides of a coin; being glamourous and on the other hand and being truly religious. Can not judge a person depending on what he or she is doing in outside world, as one is capable of performing different roles in their lives. Lots of young women became independent through their hard works, fashion, trendy, and they are being religious as well at the same time. They have a choice to be a temporary nun or permanent if they wish to. And one can become honour for religion, explore conscious and unconscious minds through meditations etc.

To conclude, a woman has an equal right and chance to select and become what she wants to be in her life. However, there are some stereo types still exist in our society but I have full confidence on other women that they will overcome such issues and they will find their way out to make a place on their own in outside world.

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PhotoInstallation View of the Mayco's Portrait of Nun, at the Opening.

Kriz Chan Nyein

Kriz Chan Nyein (Myanmar) (born- 1990 Yangon)

Kriz Channyein is an independent filmmaker from Yangon, graduated from Nanyan Technological University in Singa - pore. He was born in Kachin State (northern Myanmar) and left to study filmmaking after high school instead of study - ing medicine as his family wanted him to. He received a grant to study at a film school in Singapore where he lived and worked for a decade before moving back to Yangon. He founded a production company called Lucid Tree Mo - tion Pictures.