Wuthichai (Exit Interview)
Year
2021
Type
Project
Title
Wuthichai (Exit Interview)
Categories
Video, Installation
Location
SculptureCenter, Queens, NY
Medium
Two-channel HD video with color, sound, and mixed media installation; Video duration 48 min
Commissioned by SculptureCenter.Awarded the 2021 Queens Council on the Arts’ New Work Grant.
INSTALLATION EXCERPT: vimeo.com/535311796
LINK to EXHIBITION CATALOG
EXHIBITION PRESS RELEASE
An installation with mixed media including clothes, wallet, camera, watch, incentive spirometer, pills, pill case, and diaries of Wuthichai Leerasanthanah; dimensions variable, video duration is 48 min
Commissioned by SculptureCenter with grant funding by the Queens Council for the Arts
Exhibited at SculptureCenter in 2021
The video portion of this installation displays the dialogue between Sunny and five non-professional actors, who are Thai immigrants living in New York City. They were asked to embody the role of their dead father. They are asked a series of questions to improvise responses to. The videos are accompanied by an array of items that belonged to Wuthichai Leerasanthanah, and were made available to the actors as props to use and wear during the recording of the performances.
Commissioned by SculptureCenter.Awarded the 2021 Queens Council on the Arts’ New Work Grant.
INSTALLATION EXCERPT: vimeo.com/535311796
LINK to EXHIBITION CATALOG
EXHIBITION PRESS RELEASE
An installation with mixed media including clothes, wallet, camera, watch, incentive spirometer, pills, pill case, and diaries of Wuthichai Leerasanthanah; dimensions variable, video duration is 48 min
Commissioned by SculptureCenter with grant funding by the Queens Council for the Arts
Exhibited at SculptureCenter in 2021
The video portion of this installation displays the dialogue between Sunny and five non-professional actors, who are Thai immigrants living in New York City. They were asked to embody the role of their dead father. They are asked a series of questions to improvise responses to. The videos are accompanied by an array of items that belonged to Wuthichai Leerasanthanah, and were made available to the actors as props to use and wear during the recording of the performances.