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Sutthirat Supaparinya

Participating Project	International Creator Residency Program
Activity Based	Thailand
Period	2012.8 - 2012.11

Purpose of the residency

Over the course of three months, I hope to use my art project as a means of exploring creative ways to document things. In order to create such a work, I will either create a new document or use an existing one.
In the first month, I plan to research creative methods of documentation. I would like to visit museums, libraries, temples, environmental & scientific research units and documentary film & sound archives. Through this, I hope to learn a variety of ways of presenting raw data. I believe that working with documents helps reveal the cause and solution of whatever subject we are working on. At the same time, I will finalize the subject of the artwork, with an aim of becoming more aware of current situations in Tokyo.
By the second month, I should roughly know the subject matter and method of my artwork. Under the theme "Art and Environment", I will begin to produce the work. This process will involve showing different forms of similar things. This will enable me to see the bigger picture of what is related and understand how it affects me. This method may involve what I have learnt from the first month, or it may be something completely different. I think it is necessary to show the public a documentary rather than a fictional representation. Documentaries reflect reality as it truly is and help us to find solutions for real mistakes.
Finally, in the 3rd month at TWS, I will finish the artwork. During this stage, I will produce the artwork and after finishing, I would like to share and discuss my thoughts and processes with other artists and staff at TWS.
I have never been to Tokyo Wander Site, but I have met some Japanese artists, such as Hiraku Suzuki and others, who have been there. I have also heard through Thai artist friends, who participated in the residency program, that TWS is one of the best programs in Asia. I have visited and been in many residency programs and I am keen to find out why this has been judged as one of the best. Other reasons for wanting to be at TWS are the location of the program, the quality of artists who participate and the variety of program activities which all result in an exciting and unique environment.

Plan during the residency

As a foreigner, I will stay in Tokyo with curiosity and the motivation to wander. I will see the city and the people from a different perspective to that of a local. I usually comment on the things around me both positively and negatively and this applies to my work as well. Through this, I believe the community in Tokyo and I will benefit and enhance the process of developing artistic and cultural activities together.
Tokyo is the capital city of Japan, where I can search and find a lot of information about what is happening in the country. I would be able to visit many places that archive objects, stories and thoughts in order to learn how the Japanese present data in a visual form. I can also observe how that presentation relates and affects audiences who came from every part of the country.
I visited Tokyo once last year and once at the beginning of this year through art organizations. However, most of my time was spent at work, rather than exploring the city. However, it has helped me to become familiar with the people and the city for my next visit. I feel that three months at TWS is long enough for me to explore the city and dig deeper into specific details for this project.
As for the environmental issue, I believe it is more complicated than what I have learnt through the media. From my personal experience in Thailand, what the media and government try to do is resolve the issue with the end result being that people who are related to the core cause are rarely held responsible for anything. They often blame natural disasters or give a silly legal excuse. With many problems, if we look to the root cause, man-made causes are often the source. It often relates to big organizations or companies who gain huge profits, which means the same problem will happen again and again. In Japan, things may or may not be similar. I believe that working with documentation will help to reveal the cause and solution.

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