Puangsoi “Rose” Aksornsawang. Letters. Research-in-progress. 3–4 min sound excerpt. Courtesy of the artist.
The second edition of the Tanoto Art Foundation (TAF) Conversation Series will take place on 17 June 2025, in Singapore, the foundation’s home ground. The inaugural edition was held in March 2025 in Hong Kong, coinciding with Hong Kong Super March and Art Basel Hong Kong.
This upcoming session will feature Thai artist, writer, and filmmaker Puangsoi “Rose” Aksornsawang. In line with TAF’s 2025 research theme on Materiality, Aksornsawang will present a short excerpt of sound and text that takes water as a site where personal stories intersect with public histories.
The excerpt is part of an ongoing research that will inform a forthcoming artwork, which explores Aksornsawang’s consistent engagement with water in her past projects. The work incorporates original writing and sonic recordings in various locations and bodies of water, from Berlin and Singapore to the Nakorn Sawan (origin of the Chao Phraya River and the title of Aksornsawang’s first feature film).
Aksornsawang’s presentation will be followed by a conversation with TAF Associate Curator Wong Binghao (Bing) about her previous artistic projects, and her use of literary, filmic, and multimedia approaches to deconstruct the materiality of art objects and their disciplinary boundaries.
Website: www.tanotoartfoundation.org
Venue: Jungle Ballroom, Mondrian Hotel Singapore, Level 3, 16A Duxton Hill, 089970 (Accessible from street level via Mirror Tunnel)
When: 17 Jun 2025, 6pm - 7.30pm
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