Saturday, March 04, 2006
Factory Spirit
Chiang Mai 1993
Steel, Glass, model figurines and vehicles.
350mm x 250mm x 350mm
x2 units.
This miniature public sculpture consisted of two factory/showrooms installed in the niches of the boundary wall of a large Buddhist Temple in the centre of Chiang Mai. Kneeling outside of each factory, two small supplicants (a common item found at Buddhist shrines) stare fixedly at the shiny western car placed within the factory. Adjacent to them, a small slot-like door admits a continuous stream of worker ants, attracted by a large pot of honey hidden within the factory.
This playful critique of the ambivalent attitudes with which Thai culture regards the mixed blessings of Western Culture caused heated debate within the Temple community!
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Nigel Helyer 1992, An Unrequited Space, in Working in Public.