Bangkok One Percent1999Henrik Capetillo, Mads Gamdrup, Henrik Haakansson, Joachim Hamou. Christine Hill, Pierre Huyghe, Soren Lose, Lars T. Mikkelsen, Carsten Nicolai, Navin Rawanchaikul, Annika Strom, Superflex, Rirkrit Tiravanija and Magnus Wallin. One:Sound by: Goodiepal, Carsten Hall, Ryoji Ikeda, MusicsystemM, Noto, Opiate, Ocsid and Mika VainioNavin Gallery Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand Using urbanity as a theme, Navin Gallery Bangkok was dressed inside […]
Mai Pen Rai Tokyo1998To the Living RoomWatari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan Using the popular Thai expression mai pen rai meaning “never mind” or “don’t worry”, Navin Production’s first fictional character Mai Pen Rai Man, was the hero of the 10-volume comic series. In the same vein as the cheap mass-produced 1-Baht Thai comics, the Mai Pen Rai Tokyo epic evolves round three principal heroes; Wizard […]
Cities on the Move III1998P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, United States The show eventually made its way to New York but there was no money for the tuk-tuks to go there so there was no content for making a new poster. New Yorkers were amazed by the large posters that were transported from Vienna and Bordeaux. A number of exhibition visitors contacted museum staff to find […]
Cities on the Move II1998CAPC Musee d’Art Contemporain de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France One of the two project tuk-tuks was fixed by a French mechanic while it was decided to continually display the other vehicle in the exhibition venue along with a huge billboard which narrated the second chapter of the ‘On the Move’ film. The […]
Hakata Drive-in1998Memorealism Museum City Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan Based on a true story, the exhibition was an honest tributary look into the life of one hard working Fukuoka taxi driver, Toshimi Matsuo, who has been driving cabs for half a century. Navin Rawanchaikul met Matsuo in early 1998 when took his taxi to the airport, learning he had been driving taxis in Hakata, the […]
Another Day in Sydney199811th Biennale of SydneySydney, Australia Taking the Bangkok’s Taxi Gallery concept on the road for the first time, Another Day in Sydney responded to Sydney as a multicultural city of immigrants where cab drivers come from countries across the planet. Navin Rawanchaikul collaborated with film-writer peer Teerawut Chareonvicha documenting numerous interviews with such drivers, producing the first comic book under Navin […]
At the End of All the Journeys1998Yutaka SoneNavin Gallery Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand Looking at landscapes and the way we perceive them, Japanese artist Yutaka Sone put a small video camera on top of a remote controlled racing car speeding round an oval-shaped track within a plain white gallery. Presenting it on the streets of Bangkok as juxtaposition between the virtual […]
Navin Cooperative Society1997Week of Cooperative SufferingsChiang Mai, Thailand Exploring themes of art in the local context, this week of public art interaction was a part of the annual Chiang Mai Social Installation. The Navin Cooperative Societysplit in two, with one part a collaboration with 20 tuk-tuk drivers who wore special uniforms based upon the mor-hom (traditional northern blue shirt), which embellished with a […]
Navin & His Gang (Visit) Vancouver1997Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada A solo show in which Navin Rawanchaikul collaborated with three of his high school friends as they travelled to Vancouver with a reed grass mat in hand. The mat is a welcome space in Thai and Asian culture that is rolled out when friends visit, a device for communication it is […]
Out of India1997Out of India: Contemporary Art of The South Asian DiasporaQueens Museum of Art, New York, USA One Sunday morning at an Indian temple in Chiang Mai, Navin Rawanchaikul dispersed typical tourist postcards from his hometown throughout the local Indian community. Examining perceptions of migration and Diaspora, the 100-plus written postcards were then mailed from Chiang Mai to the […]