Pete's Reflection 02

painting from exquisite corpse game
80x100 cm, oil on canvas

Honestly, this week I did not do anything much. I am trying to finish the painting from Exquisite Corpse game and try to organize my thought about the discussion with Nigel.

From the statement of purpose,

“I want to explore the potential of surrealist methods to discuss on politics in contemporary Thailand.”

I was introduced to the article “Thainess in today's modern world.” It totally convinced me to think about the story behind politic situation include the past until nowadays or to say in another words, “what are the factor of those political situation?” The article and adviser conduct to the word “society.” It might be the answer but I do not want to sum it up so quickly. Now, I am trying to read the full report from this topic to understand clearer and bring it back to the game to explore more.

Surrealist game is for unlocking the door of unconscious and it is a great opportunity to manage this method properly and unlock the door behind the politics in Thailand. From the word game, I give other people a word or a phrase and let them give their word or phrase back to me. The direction is change and it is about choices of how I choose what I should give to other players to get the properly answers.

Furthermore, I want to try out what will happen if I assume that Thainess is behind those problems through the game and I want to find more of what are behind the politics in Thailand if it is not society of Thainess.