“When I began making art, I just thought I liked it. As a woman who was placed in spaces with various conditions, conventions, and restrictions on self-expression, turning to art - whether visual art, writing novels, or writing articles - was to gain freedom from the space around me.” WritingArtSelfSpaceNovelConditionsExpressionGainsVariousVisualsArticlesConventionsRestrictionSelf ExpressionVisual Art Author:Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook
“My art practice eventually arrived at a point where I had freedom from various limiting conditions; the institutional mindset is not airtight and isn't altogether ideologically programmed. There are ways of escaping.” WayArtPracticeConditionsVariousMindsetEscaping Author:Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook
“It is interesting to ask why people who come to view art suddenly posture themselves as full of righteousness. It's as if my artwork suddenly lends a higher moral ground to everyone else in the Thai art world.” PeopleIfsWorldArtAsksInterestingViewsMoralHigherRighteousnessPostureArtworkArt WorldThai Author:Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook
“Thai society rarely attempts to control literature in the same way that it vigilantly polices visual art. It's ironic because people in this society are more aware of literature than they are of art.” PeopleWayArtLiteratureVisualsIronicThis SocietyVisual ArtThai Author:Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook
“It's surprising that readers don't see challenging writing as morally hazardous, when it might be pushing the same kinds of boundaries as art does.” WritingKindDoeArtMightChallengesReaderBoundariesPushingSurprising Author:Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook
“I probably sensed the serious formality of the ceremonies and felt what others were feeling then. Looking back, I'd guess that it had opened up a gaping hole in my psyche. In the process of creating art, I might be trying to fill that hole, or to reduce its depth, or to make it feel less hollow. I think that making art could have helped from that moment on.” ThinkingFeelsTryingArtMomentsFeelingsMightFeltProcessSeriousCreatingDepthHolesThat MomentLooking BackCeremonyHollowFormalityCreating Art Author:Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook
“I'm still useful in my capacity as an arts educator and caretaker for the stray dogs.” ArtStillsDogCapacityEducatorCaretakersStray Dogs Author:Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook
