What’s Manorah and Best Friends of the Snake about?
It’s a short film based on a folk tale about an eternal love between an imaginary maiden and an ordinary man. The film has been made in such a way that it can be integrated with other artistic elements like paintings, photos and objects. The core message of the story is the co-existence of location and time, human beings and idealism as well as reality and fantasy.

What are the thoughts behind it?
In my opinion, Thai society needs to reflect on itself in order to understand itself. I think this particular folk tale can work well for this. The purpose of this is to remind Thai people the importance of mutual respect as well as using knowledge and wisdom before jumping to any conclusion. The reasons for the ongoing social and political discordance are mainly because we lack those qualities.

Can you tell us about your project “Two men look out through the same bars: One sees the mud and one sees the stars”?
I set this up to help me create work and structure my own thoughts. Manorah and Best Friends of the Snake is the project’s debut exhibition.

Your last exhibition also used mixed-media, would you say that’s your artistic discipline?
It depends on the thoughts behind each work. I usually go with my instinct first, then technique and medium would come second. I choose whatever works best in conveying my message. I don’t like to limit myself to just one discipline, otherwise there will be no further learning and self-improvement as an artist.

Catch Manorah and Best Friends of the Snake at 100 Tonson.