Love Whispers from a Mayan Taxi2006Bangkok, Thailand A private commission for Bangkok based French collector, Jean-Michel Beurdeley, Navin Production created a driveable artwork in the form of a painted Mexican VW Beetle taxicab. Constructed round a Mayan inspired comic book, the Mayan Taxi was never exhibited and remains at the Beurdley residence and gallery in downtown Bangkok. Occasionally […]
Tale of a Little Snake2006Echigo-Tsumari Art TriennaleNiigata, Japan Based in surrounds of Niigata Prefecture in Japan, Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale is a large-scale public art exhibition with community-based creative programs addressing environmental and agricultural issues. Supported by the Triennale’s volunteer group, Kohebi-tai or ‘Little Snake Squad’, Navin Production teamed up with three Tokyo-based young artists (Mayumi Kogoma, Fuyuki Sato […]
Lost in the City2006Jim Thompson Art Center, Bangkok, Thailand To commemorate the centenary of legendary American silk baron Jim Thompson’s birth in 2006, Lost in the City transformed the Jim Thompson Art Center into a pseudo Bangkok street scene with paved sidewalks and traffic signs, a working telephone box, a functioning street caf, market stalls purveying a wide range of specially designed Lost in the […]
Navins of Bollywood2006DiasporaEsplanade, Singapore Shown in conjunction with the IMF World Bank 2006 meeting in Singapore, Diaspora was a docu-performance commissioned by Theatre Works inviting international visual artists, performers and musicians to explore issues of Diaspora. Directed by Ong Ken Sen, the stage setting comprised multiple screens showing images from various regions of the world. This epic image […]
Navins of Bollywood2006HDV, 10:34 min The story of the Navin Party’s foundation, Navins of Bollywood is a 10-minute short musical film directed by emerging Mumbai-based director Naren Mojidra. It combines the painting of a movie billboard by S. Rehman and a group of Mumbai’s last movie billboard painters with the story of a lonely artist’s quest for connection […]
Aren’t You Navin?2006Gallery Atelier, Fukuoka, Japan For the first Navin Party instalment, this exhibition made a transitory daily office space inside the gallery complete with desk, books, and computer, from where the project team searched online for Navins across the globe. Evolving from a documentation of process, the project team posted the results of their research around the […]
Anywhere Anynavin200650th Anniversary Asia Society Print by 10 Asian Artists, hosted by Singapore Tyler Print Institute, SingaporeTouring exhibition to various locations in Asia and Asia Society, New York, USA Hosted by New York’s Asia Society as a part of their programs for the 50th anniversary celebration in 2006, Navin Rawanchaikul was one of ten Asian artists invited […]
Navin Party2006 Working around themes of transitory identity, Navin Rawanchaikul initiated a diasporal theme by searching his first name on the internet, whose origins come from the Sanskrit word meaning “new”. With the intended goal of creating a virtual Navinland, the project busily forged links with similarly named Navins, starting with the formation of a pseudo […]
Navins of Bollywood2006Nuit BlancheCarpentier Sports Complex, Paris, France For Paris’ annual dusk-to-dawn art festival Nuit Blanche, Navins of Bollywood was shown on a big screen in the public gymnasium of the Carpentier Sports Complex. Hung on the adjacent wall to compliment the film was the same movie billboard painting created in Mumbai during the film’s production, enabling visitors an […]
Life on Board2005Ad Campaign for Volvo V50Hong Kong, China As a part of their advertising campaign, Volvo invited interesting figures to talk with other interesting people they’ve never met before. Putting them in different models of Volvo car and asking them to share their stories and talk about life in general as they drive through inspiring locations across the […]