GHOST2565 FAMILY DAY | BANGKOK 1899
Title: Ghost2565 Family Day - Indigo Dyeing & Silkscreen Workshop + Sound Baths
Artists: Korakrit Arunanondchai & Philip Huang, Note Panayanggool
Presenting Partner: Bangkok 1899Introduction
The Ghost2565 Family Day at Bangkok 1899 was part of the Ghost Foundation “live without dead time” four-week program that took place from October 12–November 13, 2022 in different venues across Bangkok, curated by Christina Li. Ghost is an artist-curated video and performance art series that happens every three years in Bangkok, Thailand. Ghost Foundation’s mission is to create a platform and foster a community for video and performance art in Thailand. By organizing the Ghost series and related activities, the foundation is committed to information accessibility and knowledge production.
The Ghost series takes the idea of the “ghost” and expands upon its connotations by looking at the contemporary condition shared by people across the globe. Although each culture has its own concept of “ghosts,” common is the notion that “ghosts” give form and presence to invisible systems.
To experience a “ghost” connects you to the infinite reverberations of human experience simultaneously as it brings you back to your own body. Uniting past and present, singularity and multiplicity, these currents of time flow through the works in Ghost 2565: Live Without Dead Time.
The family day event at Bangkok 1899 on November 5, 2022 was led by Ghost co-founder and artist Korakrit Arunanondchai, who offered workshops on Ghost 2565 Logo Silkscreening. Philip Huang contributed to the event through donating Natural Indigo Dye, which was used in four dyeing sessions led by Phummiphat Suwanananjarern (Duke). Attendees were encouraged to bring their old clothing and upcycle them through those workshops. An afternoon addition were two sound baths, led by artist Note Panayanggool.
Ghost 2565: Live Without Dead Time was made possible with the financial support of Bangkok 1899; British Council; CMFWORKS; ECCA Family Foundation; Flanders State of the Art; Japan Foundation, Bangkok; Han Nefkens Foundation; and SAM Fund for Arts and Ecology, along with support from entities and individuals from the Ghost Support Circle and Friends of Ghost programs.
Carbon Emissions
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No airfare, only locals were involved in the event.
Local Travel:
68 attendees x 20 km* = 680 km → 0.24 tCO2e
Artists: 18+18+9 = 45 km → 0.01 tCO2e
5 staff x 10 km = 50 km → 0.01 tCO2e
*average km we use for attendees travel
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On average, the building uses 1,500 KWh of electricity per month, which is an average of 50 KWh every day.
The indigo dyeing didn’t directly consume electricity, but the sound bath was done in the building and a speaker and a mixer were part of the event, therefore, we will include the daily electricity of 50 KWh → 0.02 tCO2e. Additionally, one more AC was turned on in that room for the sound baths, which would account for less than 0.01 tCO2e.
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No shipping, all materials were brought and/or reused.
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Waste Report
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Na cafe employs zero waste practices and only uses reusable materials for their catering. All the sound bath materials were lent from us or brought by Note herself and will be reused in future performances. |
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All the natural materials were used up during the dyeing process and the indigo vats died out after a while. The T-Shirts that the attendees brought were upcycled. |
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It was a water intensive process |
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Supporting people
This project took the following steps to support people:
Pay transparent, fair wages.
Prioritize working with BIPOC, femme-identified, LGBTQ+ owned businesses and individuals.
Prioritize working with cooperatively-owned and local businesses.
Prioritize working with vendors who support climate action.
Consider economic models which keep wealth within communities.
Create spaces free of racism, harassment and other forms of inequity.
Encourage climate-minded thinking within the project team.
Consider inclusion and needs of local communities in the project.
Collective Action
Here are some of the ways the team contributed to collective action:
Share a Climate Impact Report at artistscommit.com.
Share what was learned in the Report to audiences.
Offer to be available to advise or support other artists or presenting partners who want to do a climate impact report for the first time.
Make sure all artists you work with know that the Climate Impact Reports is an available tool.
Use the report to refine future practices.
Share new practices adopted internally with your artists, or with your audiences.
Closing Thoughts
The event was locally focused and therefore had, with a total of 0.28 tCO2e, very low carbon emissions. Most people were from local communities and the focus was on climate friendly practices, which didn’t use a lot of energy. Children and other attendees got an insight into how to upcycle their old clothes through a fun and engaging activity, which promoted sustainable thinking and also encouraged the accessibility of artistic and creative practices, an integral part of the Ghost Foundation’s mission. Through the collaboration with Na Projects, zero waste practices were ensured for the catering process as well as socially conscious engagement of staff.
The sound bath that was performed by Note Panayanggool invited participants to go on an inward journey so as to do that, they are being conscious and connecting to themselves within a spiritual context. They did not consume anything physically, therefore, the carbon footprint was extremely low for that activity.
Background:
Bangkok 1899 is a cultural and civic hub established by Creative Migration, a women-of-color-led, international arts organization based in Los Angeles and Bangkok. Our mission is to bring together cultural and climate diplomacy with a special focus on collaborative community building through intersectional practices.
Bangkok 1899 curates an international artist residency program, hosts locally/globally themed events, has a public garden and houses a social impact cafe run by Na Projects. Since 2011, our nonprofit has employed environmentally regenerative practices throughout our projects and day-to-day operations. Throughout the years, we have accumulated knowledge and experience to create our organization-wide Climate Policy, which features guidelines and recommendations for all our operations.
Our historic location was designed by Italian architect Mario Tamagno under King Rama VI. Built in 1899, our hub is the former home of Chao Phraya Thammasakmontri, considered to be the father of Thailand’s modern education, and is centrally located in the city’s Old town neighborhood of Nang Loeng. Bangkok 1899 opened its doors in 2019 with founding support from the Ford Motor Company Fund and The Rockefeller Foundation.
Read Creative Migration’s Climate Policy here: https://creativemigration.org/Climate-Policy-2023
Credits
This report was prepared by Leonie Hüppe, Susannah Tantemsapya, Korakrit Arunanondchai, Note Panayanggool, Phummiphat Suwanananjarern (Duke), Nunnaree Panichkul (Now)
All images courtesy of Creative Migration.
Total hours worked on this report: 9 hours
Link to Project: https://bangkok1899.org/Ghost-Triennial