Crafting Communities
Visual Arts
Description
Description
Crafting Communities considers the history of Womanifesto, a feminist biennial programme active in Thailand from 1997 to 2008, highlighting the central role played by pedagogy. Debuting as an exhibition that featured eighteen artists from ten countries—Nilofar Akmut, Amanda Heng, Arahmaiani, Pinaree Sanpitak, and Phaptawan Suwannakudt among them, together with organisers Nitaya Ueareeworakul and Varsha Nair—Womanifesto was celebrated for making space for women artists in a scene heavily dominated by men. The second edition in 1999 realised installations and performances across Bangkok’s Saranrom Park, and expanded to over thirty participants, including Sanja Iveković, Mella Jaarsma, Sriwan Janehattakarnkit, and Jittima Pholsawek. In keeping with the project’s origins, later iterations continued to explore themes related to women’s lives and histories (2003’s Procreation/Postcreation, for instance) in the context of an international art exchange, with each event bringing together artists from Thailand and beyond, even as the format varied over time.
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