SUPER(M)ART2002Curatorman Inc. For such a typically upbeat artist, Navin Production’s SUPER(M)ART series, which began with the 2002 installation at Paris’s Palais de Tokyo, was a pessimistic parody in its projection of the future condition of art. Sceptical over the proliferation of biennale “franchises” being set up everywhere, and the connection-based mentality of art organisers, the project intimated that art is […]
Yokohama Sala2001Yokohama 2001: International Triennale of Contemporary ArtYokohama, Japan With Yokohama historically Japan’s first international port, the area has a strong foreign influence, which Navin Rawanchaikul responded to from the position of a foreigner living in Japan. A Thai sala, or open-sided pavilion, was imported to Yokohama to serve as an imaginative train station, the Yokohama Sala. A platform along an old disused […]
2nd Berlin Biennale2001Berlin, Germany Curated by Saskia Bos for the Second Berlin Biennale, 5,000 pieces of Pha Khao Mar Uncle Pan cloth were flown over with a large custom-made Pha Khao Mar tent where the accompanying film was presented. Gallery
Chateau Scoterus2001Fourchambault, France At the annual Euro Vespa Club rally held in France in 2001, Fly with Me to Another World installation, under the collection of French art institution Le Consortium, was presented to the European bikers and local community members at Fourchambault town over a weekend. Presented at a community hall near the site where more than 2,000 bikers were camping, […]
Fly with Me to Another world2001Il Dono / The GiftCentro Arte Comtemporanea Pallazzo delle Papesse, Siena, Italy Another exhibition based around the concept of giving gifts, Fly with Me to Another World was presented at a prestigious art centre in the native country of Inson’s beloved mentor, Corrado Feroci (Silpa Bhirasri). The installation included the model of Inson […]
I Love Taxi2001I Love Taxi, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, USATarget Art in the Park, Public Art Fund Project, New York, USA Navin Production’s artistic sortie to the Big Apple resulted in the huge I ♥ TAXI billboard at Times Square, while the downtown Madison Square Park element of I ♥ TAXI was a Public Art Fund sponsored initiative called Target Art in the Park, […]
Same Same but Another Millennium2000Comic series in Flash Art International Magazine This specially drafted comic series for Flash Art International magazine ran over four-pages in seven consecutive issues. Before Dan Brown, Navin Rawanchaikul lays claim to his Na Vinci Code, the story of which starts at the Louvre on millennium night, with the surface of Leonardo’s Mona Lisa […]
Mai Pen Rai Yatai2000Museum City Fukuoka 2000Canal City Hakata, Fukuoka, Japan A part of a bi-annual Museum City Fukuoka community-based art exhibition, Navin Production appropriated Fukuoka’s renowned yatai, a Japanese refreshment stall, inside the city’s largest shopping mall. A relaxing place to sample the special toxic drink – Dr. D Cocktail, it was also a site to read and collect Navin Production comics […]
Navin & the Kids (Visit) Taipei20002nd Taipei BiennaleTaipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan Sponsored by the Biennale, Navin Rawanchaikul and four students from Chiang Mai University travelled to Taipei for 10 days, each with traditional reed grass mat in hand. The project was organised in a similar context to Navin and His Gang Visit Vancouver back in 1997 but this time the artist’s partners were “the kids” and their […]
5th Lyon Biennale2000Lyon, France Curated by Jean-Hubert Martin, the Pha Khao Mar on Tour project dressed the European art crowd. The 20,000 pieces of cloth were sent to Lyon while about 100 emails were sent to Navin as feedback from people who received the cloth.