by Scott Kildall | Jul 4, 2017 | Blog Thailand, Scott Kildall, Thailand
We had our exhibition last week at the Bangkok Art & Culture Center (BACC) and it was a huge success. I made just two rules for the artworks: There had to be some physical expression of data in the work (a loose interpretation of the word “data sculpture”) It had...
by Scott Kildall | Jun 19, 2017 | Blog Thailand, Scott Kildall, Thailand
Our four teams have been working diligently on their community projects. I asked each one to submit a progress report and got different types of responses. Here they are in raw form with just a bit of editing on my part. Each one is headlined by a nickname for their...
by Scott Kildall | Jun 13, 2017 | Blog Thailand, Scott Kildall, Thailand
How do you figure out who will be in the four (and only four) groups to develop collaborative artworks — what we call community projects? With 20 workshop participants, I was hoping to get five in each group, and this was a challenge for me to tackle. On a sheet of A4...
by Scott Kildall | Jun 13, 2017 | Blog Thailand, Scott Kildall, Thailand
When you get to a new place, get lost. Wander in space, wander in time. I adhere to the words of Rebecca Solnit in A Field Guide to Getting Lost and often find myself in the moment in a new city. I finally had some free time during the American Arts Incubator program...
by Scott Kildall | Jun 1, 2017 | Blog Thailand, Scott Kildall, Thailand
I arrived in Bangkok a couple days ago. Here, you cannot escape the physical effects of the place. It is humid and muggy outside, and once you’re inside, your sweat dries from the blasts of AC and you become very cold. This is the dialogue I quickly experienced:...
by Scott Kildall | May 11, 2017 | Blog Thailand, Scott Kildall, Thailand
With just 15 days left to go, I’m both nervous and excited about the upcoming American Arts Incubator experience in Thailand. Life is getting busy here. After some back-and-forth brainstorming with Bangkok Art and Culture Center American Arts, we came up with the name...
