CHITTI KASEMKITVATANA
Born : 1969, Bangkok
Lives and works in Bangkok
At the centre of Kasemkitvatana's work stands a concept of ephemerality and emptiness, of the presence of the absent/absence with particular focus on its permeability. Following an active period in the Bangkok art scene during the 1990s, he spent 8 years hiatus in forest monasteries (2002-2010). Then, as today he disseminates a radically expanded concept of art, as social practice above all, a sphere of enabling, a domain of encounter, a network and free space. Artistic, curatorial, educational and publishing work all have an equal footing within these parameters. At the turn of the millennium, he worked with Rirkrit Tiravanija at VER Magazine and curated exhibitions for About Art Foundation (aka AARA) at About Studio/About Cafe. From 2011 onwards he has been part of various collectives producing numbers of project including Messy Project Space, Messy Sky Magazine and encrypted/decrypted. His recent curatorial work includes The Immeasurable and World’s End, 2022 at JWD Art Space, Bangkok.
In his own artistic work Kasemkitvatana also focuses on the moment in which various spheres become “porous”. The various fields and periods are interwoven in a multitude of ways. He has been interested in whether different spacetime concepts influence social structures and individual daily life and how these manifest themselves as dialogue, or even in form of a collision. Historical and contemporary sources of his research, including passages of Thai modernity, scientific proposals and poetical measurement of spacetime, are brought together to unveil the interconnectedness of current events and the wider tapestry of history in which they unfold. A recipient of 2014 DAAD Artist-in-Berlin program and the 22nd Silpa Bhirasri Creative Grants, he has shown in numerous institutions, among them: Bangkok Art Biennale 2022; Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei; Ideas Platform, Sydney; The Art Centre Silpakorn University, Bangkok; Futura Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague; Centre Pompidou, Paris; daadgalerie, Berlin; CEAAC, Strasbourg; Times Museum, Guangzhou; Le Plateau, Paris; Art in General, New York; Project 304, Bangkok; Succession, Vienna; CAPC, Bordeaux and PS1, New York.
Curriculum vitae
Born : 1969, Bangkok
Lives and works in Bangkok
At the centre of Kasemkitvatana's work stands a concept of ephemerality and emptiness, of the presence of the absent/absence with particular focus on its permeability. Following an active period in the Bangkok art scene during the 1990s, he spent 8 years hiatus in forest monasteries (2002-2010). Then, as today he disseminates a radically expanded concept of art, as social practice above all, a sphere of enabling, a domain of encounter, a network and free space. Artistic, curatorial, educational and publishing work all have an equal footing within these parameters. At the turn of the millennium, he worked with Rirkrit Tiravanija at VER Magazine and curated exhibitions for About Art Foundation (aka AARA) at About Studio/About Cafe. From 2011 onwards he has been part of various collectives producing numbers of project including Messy Project Space, Messy Sky Magazine and encrypted/decrypted. His recent curatorial work includes The Immeasurable and World’s End, 2022 at JWD Art Space, Bangkok.
In his own artistic work Kasemkitvatana also focuses on the moment in which various spheres become “porous”. The various fields and periods are interwoven in a multitude of ways. He has been interested in whether different spacetime concepts influence social structures and individual daily life and how these manifest themselves as dialogue, or even in form of a collision. Historical and contemporary sources of his research, including passages of Thai modernity, scientific proposals and poetical measurement of spacetime, are brought together to unveil the interconnectedness of current events and the wider tapestry of history in which they unfold. A recipient of 2014 DAAD Artist-in-Berlin program and the 22nd Silpa Bhirasri Creative Grants, he has shown in numerous institutions, among them: Bangkok Art Biennale 2022; Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei; Ideas Platform, Sydney; The Art Centre Silpakorn University, Bangkok; Futura Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague; Centre Pompidou, Paris; daadgalerie, Berlin; CEAAC, Strasbourg; Times Museum, Guangzhou; Le Plateau, Paris; Art in General, New York; Project 304, Bangkok; Succession, Vienna; CAPC, Bordeaux and PS1, New York.
Curriculum vitae