A workshop for peace: nowhere to go: let the song hold us: in a room filled with people with funny names 4

Workshop for Peace, from a place/ not so familiar/ but relatable/ through the sound/ of its breath, 2018
21 clay models of UN Secretariat building, cast of Boychild’s head, cast of artist’s grandfather’s hands,
clay, wood, metal armature, banana leafs, soil, resin, varieties of plant life, moss
122 x 236 x 181 inches (310 x 600 x 460 cm)

Workshop for Peace/Oceans of trauma, Rivers of dried up hopes and dreams=the joy of being human-being, 2018
Clay model of United Nations Headquarters, silicone oarfish with artist’s face sculpted on, deceased tree
root system, dried flowers, dried orange peels, dried durian shells, blown blue glass, dried mushrooms,
lobster shells, LED lights programmed after breath algorithm, neon lights, resin, plexi encasement
72 1/4 x 71 x 47 inches (183.5 x 180.3 x 119.4 cm)

Workshop for Peace / Death of Pan, 2018
Clay model of United Nations Headquarters in New York, deceased tree root system, blown red glass,
plastic model of Dhammakaya Temple Pagoda, used ceremonial candles collected from wat Buddha
Thai Thavorn Vanaram Temple in Queens, New York, fiber optic cables, LED lights programmed
after breath algorithm, goat horns, plastic, taxidermy rats, various species of bird eggs, coconut,
resin, neon lights, plexi encasement.
72 1/4 x 71 x 47 inches (183.5 x 180.3 x 119.4 cm)

with history in a room filled with people with funny names 4, 2017
HD video, 23 minutes 32 seconds

Workshop for Peace / Cry Pan Cry, 2018
Clay model of United Nations Headquarters architecture, deceased tree root system, blown red glass, clay, clam
and oyster shell, tissue paper, resin, neon lights, LED lights programmed after breath algorithm, plexi encasement
72 1/4 x 71 x 47 inches (183.5 x 180.3 x 119.4 cm)

There’s a word I’m trying to remember from a feeling I’m about to have (let the song hold us), 2018
Giant rat costume, cast of artist’s grandfather’s hands, denim jacket, fog machine, metal armature
79 x 35 x 81 inches (200 x 90 x 205 cm)

To experience the vertigo of the world and see it dissolve into light, 2018
Hand Carved Naga Sculpture in teak wood rubbed with “Dad’s dirt”
(dirt collected from areas in which King RAMA 9 of Thailand has walked on) placed in a fireplace
Dimensions variable

Objects made by Tipyavarna Nitibhon