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ArtEvol 2025 / Prapat Jiwarangsan
Parasite Family , 2022 Video 5 min 34 sec
Prapat Jiwarangsan is a Thai visual artist with a background in interdisciplinary art and research. Initially trained in ceramics and glassmaking, Jiwarangsan shifted focus to fine art after studying at the Royal College of Art, London. The practice incorporates diverse media, particularly photography and video, to examine the intersections of history, memory and politics in Thailand, often through the theme of migration. Over the past four years, Jiwarangsan has concentrated on the experiences of migrant workers abroad, positioning art as a platform for dialogue between artists, audiences and workers. Installations have been shown in Bangkok, London, Berlin, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Kyoto, Seoul and Singapore, while video works have been screened at international film festivals including Berlin, Rotterdam, Ann Arbor, Onion City Experimental and Singapore. Jiwarangsan is currently based in Bangkok and works independently.
Artwork Introduction Parasite Family is constructed from old film negatives discovered in a defunct film lab. Using analogue and digital editing techniques, Prapat Jiwarangsan brings new energy to these films, accompanying them from the analogue world to the digital, and finally to AI-generated images and NFT artworks. The faces suggest a type of family parasitic on Thai society, families and institutions that absorb wealth and power, gradually evolving into new species of monsters.
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