Collective Currents — Central Embassy, Bangkok

I’m thrilled to be part of Collective Currents at Central Embassy in Bangkok. The show brings together artists who blur the lines between design and art, turning familiar forms into something a little electric.

Dates
2–31 July 2025

Venue
4th Floor, Central Embassy, Bangkok

Artists
Austin Stern, Ferdi B Dick, Chonnikan Samranjitchuen, Myrtille Tibayrenc, MIWD (made it when drunk), Pim Permpoolsombat, Ravit Teutvongse, Trey Hurst

Expect gleaming surfaces, playful silhouettes, and pieces that invite you to look closer. Each work carries its own story while flowing with the larger current of the exhibition.

Save the date and come through if you are in Bangkok. Let’s celebrate art that inspires, provokes, and enriches daily life.

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Roar: Emotional Avatars

Inspired by an exhibition for Thailand, I made the Roar series where the animals become more humanoid, leaning into the art-toy language that’s so popular in Southeast Asia. Each sculpture works as an emotional avatar: human inside, animal outside. A “roar” here is emotion made visible through posture (and the tongue-out attitude).

These works feed into my theme of “Exploring emotional states through animal avatars.” The Roar pose treats emotion as something performed and communicated. The mirror-polished stainless steel includes the viewer by reflecting them into the work.

Pangy Roar (Pangolin)
This is the roar that doesn’t come out as sound. It comes out as armour. Pangy is what happens when you feel too exposed and you close up fast, protecting the soft parts before anyone can touch them. It’s the push-pull of wanting connection but choosing safety first, because safety feels like the only thing you can control.

Koala Roar (What else to do?)

This is the roar you do when there’s nothing left to hold onto except hope. The koala skin turns the body into a quiet plea: kneeling, hands together, head lowered. It’s grief and helplessness performed as prayer, that heavy moment where you’re watching something burn and the only honest thought is, “What else to do?”

Giraffe Roar
This is the roar of someone who can’t fully relax. The giraffe is height as a coping strategy: stay above it, watch everything, spot the threat early. It looks calm from far away, but it’s built from constant checking, constant scanning, the nervous need to stay one step ahead.

Rino Roar
This is the roar that draws a line. The rhino skin turns the body into a barricade: heavy, compact, immovable. It’s protective anger and hard boundaries, the moment you stop explaining and simply say, “No. Not here. Not anymore.”

Lion Roar (poser)
This is the roar you do when you need to look unshakeable, even if you’re not. The lion skin becomes a confidence costume: chest out, stance wide, presence turned up to maximum. It’s bravado used as protection, the kind of performance that says “I’ve got this” before you fully believe it yourself.