
Demonstrations, 2008
Performance, fake Thai baht bills
Demonstrations is dealing with the circulation of value and object. The artist used the production money he had for an exhibition to buy a couple of counterfeit 1,000 Thaï baht notes from farmers, cheated by politicians when they were hired for several recent demonstrations in Bangkok and paid by fake bills.
In the empty room, there is only a caption note explaining that one could view the work from the gallery attendant. The note is in his/her wallet and exhibited to spectator upon request. The money will be demonstrated reverse chain its circulation of how it has been valued and used, exposing how politic has been motivated certain value on people. So many demonstrations as well as governments and prime ministers went these days in Thailand. Media has been used to manipulate and become a crucial tool but if the objects represent nothing more than exchange values, how would we describe the value on what extent we have exchanged. The fake money is used politically to simulate social reality.