Pink Blood Thunder💖粉血雷暴
Asiatopia • 2024 • Bangkok • Thailand
亞洲烏托邦 • 2024 • 曼谷 • 泰國
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[行動時空筆記]
頭頂着泰國生產的花朵，一搖一搖地把它們日出，在竹籃裏拿出粉紅火龍果，兩個放在膝蓋下頂着，一個用嘴把它們咬破，慢慢吞食，粉紅色的汁液流出，白色的吊帶裙染成粉紅色，把白色的線球隨機地擲上天花，隨機地掛上掉落，拿在前置在地下上的透明膠片，不停地舞弄搓揉發出聲響，用力地把膠片擠壓擠壓不斷地擠壓，一瞬間停下來，深呼吸，慢慢地深呼吸。
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[亞洲烏托邦]-泰國行為藝術節之觀察:
ASIATOPIA始於1998年泰國，已有26年歷史。
以下是他們的創辦理念：
[ASIATOPIA 完全是一場夢想？]
「ASIATOPIA 亞洲表演藝術節」於1998年首次舉辦，起初我們有一個願景：
我們夢想能舉辦一場國際藝術盛事。
我們夢想泰國成為來自世界各地藝術家的匯聚點。
我們夢想亞洲的藝術家能在亞洲更多相聚、交流。
我們夢想泰國政府會有完善的政策來支持藝術與藝術家。
到了第二屆1999年，我們的宣言回應了當時的全球情勢：
「在籌辦這屆藝術節的同時，悲劇接連襲來，令我們心痛不已。 我們見證了東帝汶（Timor Leste）獨立公投，心情沉重，擔心會有可怕的事發生。結果真的如此，我們悲痛欲絕，未曾想過情況會比想像中更糟。同時，清邁一間工廠發生化學爆炸，摧毀了兩個村莊，共600戶房屋。台灣發生地震，奪去許多生命。破壞接連不斷。十月時，緬甸駐曼谷大使館遭佔領後，緬甸難民在泰國遭受鎮壓，巴基斯坦也發生軍事政變……這些事件標誌著1999年底亞洲的黑暗時刻。」
儘管逆境不斷，亞洲的民主倡議者依然堅持奮鬥。這證明了自由與民主在我們這片土地上仍是重要且迫切的課題。
作為藝術家，我們努力爭取在自身社會中表達自由的認可，如同民主所承諾的那般自由。這也是我們對「ASIATOPIA」這個詞語的探索與體會。
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曼谷城市日常觀察:
好味泰菜，到處行走的蜥蜴與公雞，龐大的花市場、水果市場與批發市場，超舒服正宗的泰式按摩。Jim Thompson House Museum的歷史建築，琳琅滿目的花園，各種木製古董傢俬，收藏藝術品，瓷器、畫作與雕塑。
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Special credit: Big thanks to dear Jon @jonpaikorn and amazing twins @anuchit_hemmala & @anucha_o
Photo & video credit:
@jeremyhiah
@_epdimas
@ladyinred_w
@alghifahri_jasin
@yen.phang
@chillpan04
Aid
Sanmu
Dorothree Frank & Ben G. Fodor
We are strangers
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Asiatopia • 2024 • Bangkok • Thailand
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[Action Space-time Notes]
Balancing flowers made in Thailand on my head, gently swayed them toward the sunrise. Taking pink dragon fruits out of a bamboo basket, I placed two under my knees to support them. Using my mouth to bite into one, slowly eating it as pink juice flows out. The white suspender dress is stained pink. Randomly tossing white balls of yarn up to the ceiling, letting them hang and fall unpredictably. Holding a transparent plastic sheet placed on the ground in front of me, I continuously twist and rub it to produce sounds. Pressing the plastic sheet forcefully, squeezing it repeatedly. Suddenly stopping for a moment, taking a deep breath, then slowly breathing deeply again.
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Asiatopia] – Observations from the Thailand Performance Art Festival:
Asiatopia began in Thailand in 1998 and has a history of 26 years.
Below is their founding philosophy:
[ASIATOPIA WAS A DREAM?]
Asiatopia Performance Art Festival, first organised in 1998, and we started…
Asiatopia was a dream; we dreamed that we could do an international art event. We
dreamed that Thailand would become another meeting point for artists from around the world. We
dreamed that artists in Asia should be able to meet each other more often in Asia. We
dreamed that the Thai government would have good programs to support art and artists…
In our second year in 1999, our statement responded to the global situation, we stated, “ During the organisation of this festival, tragedies struck us at heart. We watched the referendum vote for
the independence of East Timor (Tomor’Este) with our deep sentiment and fearing that some terrible things would happen. It did, and we cried with horror, not expecting it to be worse than we could imagine.
Amid all these chemical blast happened in the Chiangmai factory and destroyed 600 houses in 2 villages, earth earthquake hit Taiwan and took many lives… Destruction continued, in October, repression against Burmese refugees in Thailand following the seizure of the Myanmar Embassy in Bangkok, and a military coup in Pakistan… towards the end of 1999, in Asia.
Despite all this endless adversity, democratic advocates in Asia still carry on their fight. This
proves that freedom and democracy are still an issue in our region. As artists, we are struggling for recognition to freedom of our expression in our society, as much as democracy can spell out…
This may be part of our discovery of the word ASIATOPIA.
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