PHOTOPSIA by Nat Setthana
Artist(s)
Nat Setthana
Curator
Suphon Niamkamnoet
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Photopsia by Nat Sethana offers visitors a set of visual spectacles that challenge the eye’s perception, prompting a sense of visual absurdity.
Curated by Suphon Niamkamnoet
Photopsia features installations connected by the concept of projection, derived from the artist's photographic practice. In a dark room, a pre-recorded image of the outside view slowly emerges on a sealed window, creating a haunting illusion of presence and absence. In a white space, light projected onto quartz crystals transforms the space, where light, movement, and the visitor's presence are a part of the image-making process. Exploring photographic abstraction's relationship with time and space, the exhibition challenges the idea of individual perception and reconstructs images as intangible possibilities rather than predefined objects.
In addition to Setthana’s installations, Photopsia will also incorporate a series of public programs throughout the four-month duration of the exhibition, intended to enrich the visitor experience. These programs include an artist’s talk, curated screenings, and a live performance. As part of the lineup, we are excited to present Photopsia: Open Call for Video Arts, Moving Images, and Experimental Short Films. Scheduled for mid-February 2025, this initiative invites emerging artists, filmmakers, and creatives to submit their video art, moving images, and experimental works for inclusion, offering a platform to engage with experimental approaches to visual dialogue that echo with the exhibition’s themes of light, images, and the ephemeral qualities of space and time. Submission Period: Today - 20 January 2025 More info: https://bit.ly/Photopsia-Open-Call
Public Program Lineup:
- Artist’s Talk with Nat Setthana
Saturday, 11 January 2025 - Screening Program (Submission Period: Today - 20 January 2025)
Photopsia: Open Call for Video Arts, Moving Images, and Experimental Short Films
13 February – 9 March 2025
Screening Premiere on Thursday, 13 February 2025 - Live Performance by Tangmo Ladapa S.
14-16 and 21-23 March 2025
This project is the selected project from our 2nd Open Call for Art Projects 2024.
About the artist
Nat Setthana is a Bangkok-based visual artist whose practice focuses on experimenting with photographic and moving image installations. He holds an undergraduate degree in Communication Design and a master’s degree in Visual Communication from the School of Architecture and Design, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi. A co-founder of Yeast, a multimedia design team practicing in experiential design and immersive installations, Setthana has exhibited extensively under the group’s name. Notable achievements include participating in “Early Years Project #3: Coeval” at BACC in 2018 and receiving the Julius Baer Next Generation Art Prize in 2021 for his work “Curatorial Relationship” in Singapore. In addition to his artistic practice, Setthana has experience in curatorial work, serving as an assistant curator for the “de-CONSCIENTIZATION” exhibition at The Art Centre, Silpakorn University in 2021, and contributing as an exhibitor for “Mutual Silence” at Yeast Space in 2023. Currently, he is pursuing a master's degree in the Department of Art and Media at Aalto University in Helsinki, Finland.
About Curator
Suphon (Gag) Niamkamnoet is a dedicated scholar pursuing her second MA in Media Arts Cultures, with a focus on moving images. With a BA in English Literature from Chiang Mai University, Gag is deeply engaged in both academic and cinematic circles. She actively engages with the cinematic world, having contributed to projects like Untitled for Film in Chiang Mai and taking part in esteemed film festivals such as the Five Flavours Asian Film Festival in Warsaw and the Black Night Film Festival in Tallinn. Gag's journey is driven by a passion for exploring the intersection of media, culture, and society.
