14 March 2025
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The site-specific installation "Photopsia" will once again shift its function. Previously a screening room in February, its white space will be transformed into a stage for this live performance.
Join us for this unique and thought-provoking experience!
License to Breathe is a poetic performance by Tangmo Ladapha, inspired by her reflections on Family Comes First, an anthology by Narisapongse Rakwattananont. Through fragments of memory and routine, actions rise and repeat, forming an intimate and inevitable rhythm. With each cycle, gestures undergo reduction, omission, and reconfiguration, revealing patterns that transcend beyond the individual level—a systemic force that regulates even the act of breathing. By tracing the tension between visible and invisible structures, the felt and the imposed, the performance opens a space for questioning what drives these cycles and how they might be interrupted.
Disclaimer: The performance is based on Chapter 10: "My Older Sister" from the book. The artist has extracted and recontextualized elements from the text, offering a distinct theme and perspective, separate from the original context.
Ticket Price:
Regular - THB600
Student - THB350*
*For student tickets, please present your student ID card prior to the show.
**Limited to 30 spots per round
Book your ticket via https://forms.gle/vLMhyQyXv63w56tm8
Special Thanks:
Family Comes First by Narisapongse Rakwattananont
Salmon Books
Rumba Bor
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Tangmo Ladapha S. is a performance artist from Bangkok, Thailand, and a recent Live Art and Performance Studies programme graduate at the University of the Arts Helsinki. Her practice is rooted in exploring memory—re-remembering the past while envisioning alternative futures. Through performance, she investigates themes of identity, personal and collective memory, and positionality, using the body as both a vessel and a site of inquiry.
Tangmo’s work is driven by an ongoing exploration of memory as a medium, continuously evolving her approach to embody and activate recollections through performance. She is particularly interested in a participatory approach, including one-on-one performances and audience engagements, where the audience becomes an integral part of the experience. Her practice seeks to create intimate, reflective encounters that challenge perceptions of time, history, and personal narratives.
Team Credit
Concept and performance: Tangmo Ladapha S.
Edited and proofread text: Vichapon Diloksambandh
Production Manager: Sita W.
Scenography: Prapatsorn Sukkaset (Scenography Department Bangkok)
Costume designer: Pin Nicha
Video documentation: Poomin Wongsing
Video subtitle: Nat Setthana
Artist: Nat Setthana
Curator: Suphon Niamkamnoet
