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Slumber, 2022

55 x 82.5 cm.,

Transparency in Lightbox,

Installation

" Vanz Boys and Skoi Girls " are considered youths with complex delicacy. They are often expressed through the use of public spaces for motorbike racing, the costume, and the use of unique language including the taste in music. are regarded as a problem that has been occurring for many decades in Thailand. The recognition and understanding of this youth group through these things 

resulted in stereotypes of people who may not look at the real situation

but just look through previously perceived bias. Whenever one sees the image or activities of “Vanz Boys and Sagoi Girls”, he could judge in advance before understanding the incident as it is a problem.

By collecting data from the fieldwork, although presently the activities (in some areas) of “Vanz Boys and Sagoi Girls” had moved to enclosed spaces to build a new frontier that they believe to have equality and freedom. This is like a land of liberation, to build self-acceptance, to let thoughts float along with the rhythm of the exhaust sound and the music that covered the atmosphere of this area. It was a moment of momentary pleasure that the real world could not be responding to and wasconsidered that the area did not affect people's lives as in the past. But when photos of this activity were spread to public communication the images of “Vanz Boys and Sagoi Girls” doing entertainment activities then expanded to social media’s visual field had resulted in criticism from various perspectives. Forwarding (Share) photos that occurred for expressing opinions went on up until the comments had moved the content to leave the activities. Photos, as a medium of exposing the events, had transformed into a new activity for people in cyberspace who commented on the images of “Vanz Boys and Sagoi Girls” as they were entertainment activities. Competition arose to invent words to create meaning that dehumanized them. The comparison of their images with other living beings. The insult to the clothing and tastes of this youth group in the sense that is defined as the “lower market”

The work of “Slumber” was created by observing social phenomenon from the point of view of society that is defined as " Vanz Boys and Sagoi Girls ". Although society has made progress in accepting the differences of people in various dimensions. But this awareness of acceptance is not the standard for seeing people as equals. But the awareness of rightness, goodness, and beauty can change according to specific events. The image of “Vanz Boys and Sagoi Girls” is therefore a model  to render an experience for people to explore and look at the bodies of “Vanz Boys and Sagoi Girls”  who had been subjected to cyberbullying. The body is as being in a sleeping or in momentary death that occurred in an unpredictable empty space. The body identity used to be oppressed by the words in order to dehumanize. The state of being suppressed, accentuated and pointed out the distorted body from the invisible plane. Like a microscope that enlarges small objects that cannot be seen with the naked eye to allow viewers to consider their sights, their thoughts, or the existence through their own visions.

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