ASIATOPIA2002

4th ASIATOPIA
"ART CENTER NOT SHOPPING CENTER"

18-25 November 2002, Bangkok
28-30 Nov. 2002, Chiangmai,Thailand

UNofficial web by ARAI Shin-ichi
official web http://www.empowerfoundation.org/art.html
Organized by Concrete House /EMPOWER Foundation
Director : Chumpon Apisuk
Organizing Committee:
Paisan Plienbangchang ,Nopawan Sirivejkul ,Josef Ng ,Mongkol Plienbangchang ,Chantorn Muangsak ,Chantawipa Apisuk
Pdungsak Kotchasamrong (Chiangmai)

also See official good documentation in PDF file at
http://www.rockmekong.org/pubs/lab-pubs/topia2.pdf
and I used almost all texts and some photos from the file with ©ASIATOPIA
another no credit photo were taken by ARAI

Black Market International /Boris Nieslony (Germany), Alastair MacLennon (Northern Ireland), Elvira Santamaria Torrens (Mexico), Julie-Andree Tramblay (Canada), Norbert Klassen (Switzerland), Roi Vaara (Finland), Lee Wen (Singapore/Japan)
U-kabat Group (Thailand) /Paisan Plienbangchang, Vasan Sittiket, Sompon Tawee, Mana Poopichit, Mongkol Plienbangchang, Jitima Phosawake
The Artists Village (Singapore) /Linda Adam, Julianna Yasin, Agnes Yit, Woon Tien Wei, Jeremy Hiah, Kai Lam
Siriporn Sriphen (Thailand), Houng Ly (Vietnam), Surapol Panyavacheera (Thailand), ARAI Shin-ichi (Japan), Liliane Zumkemi (Switzerland/Thailand), M.L.Saksin Kasemsanti (Thailand), Fumiko Takahashi (Japan), Aye Ko (Myanmar), Yuan Mor'O Ocampo (Philippines), Montri Termsombat (Thailand), Bui Cong Khanh (Vietnam), Aung Myint (Myanmar), Kaori Haba (Japan), Mimi Fadmi (Indonesia), Norbert Klassen (Switzerland), Julie-Andree Tramblay (Canada), Tomoko Takahashi (Japan), Ko Siu Lan (Hong Hong/China), Nuts Society (Thailand), Parawee Poopetch (Thailand), Jittipong Yaemsawai (Thailand), Jirasak Saengpolasit (Thailand), Suchart Panprapan (Thailand), Paitul Promvijit (Thailand), Chumpon Apisuk (Thailand), Risto Heikineimo (Finland),Allu Kotkavuori (Finland), Jason Lim (Singapore)

BANGKOK Days 18-25 Nov. 2002

November 20,2002
Concrete House Nontaburi

Siriporn Sriphen (Thailand)

November 21, 2002
Santi Chaiprakarn Park, Pra-Meru Fortress, Pra Artit Road

Black Market International/Boris Nieslony, Alastair MacLennon, Elvira Santamaria Torrens, Julie-Andree Tramblay, Norbert Klassen, Roi Vaara, Lee Wen

November 22, 2002
Santi Chaiprakarn Park, Pra-Meru Fortress, Pra Artit Road

U-kabat Group(Thailand)/Paisan Plienbangchang,Vasan Sittiket, Sompon Tawee, Mana Poopichit, Mongkol Plienbangchang, Jitima Phosawake

Alastair MacLennon (Northern Ireland)
Elvira Santamaria Torrens (Mexico)
Houng Ly (Vietnam)
Aung Myint (Myanmar)
Surapol Panyavacheera (Thailand)

November 23, 2002
Santi Chaiprakarn Park, Pra-Meru Fortress, Pra Artit Road

ARAI Shin-ichi (Japan)
Liliane Zumkemi (Switzerland/Thailand)
Bui Cong Khanh (Vietnam)
M.L.Saksin Kasemsanti(Thailand)
Aye Ko (Myanmar)
Roi Vaara (Finland)
Yuan Mor'O Ocampo (Philippines)
Montri Termsombat (Thailand)

Kaori Haba(Japan)
Mimi Fadmi(Indonesia)
Norbert Klassen (Switzerland)
Julie-Andree Tramblay (Canada)

November 24, 2002
Santi Chaiprakarn Park, Pra-Meru Fortress, Pra Artit Road

Tomoko Takahashi (Japan)
Fumiko Takahashi (Japan)
Ko Siu Lan (Hong Hong/China)
Lee Wen (Singapore/Japan)
Boris Nieslony (Germany)

Nuts Society (Thailand)
Jason Lim (Singapore)
Risto Heikineimo (Finland) + Allu Kotkavuori (Finland)
The Artists Village (Singapore)/Linda Adam, Julianna Yasin, Agnes Yit, Woon Tien Wei, Jeremy Hiah, Kai Lam

at Closing party at Rififi bar, Patpong
Siriporn Sriphen (Thailand)

CHIANGMAI Days 28-30 Nov. 2002

November 28, 2002
Chiangmai University Art center

Artists talk
Fumiko Takahashi “Women Art Network,
Japan”
Chumpon Apisuk “Art in Thailand: Reform
Democracy or Re-construct Fascism”

Risto Heikineimo (Finland) + Allu Kotkavuori (Finland)
Yuan Mor'O Ocampo (Philippines)
Jittipong Yaemsawai (Thailand)
Kaori Haba (Japan)
Chumpon Apisuk (Thailand)
The Artists Village (Singapore)/Linda Adam, Julianna Yasin, Agnes Yit, Woon Tien Wei, Jeremy Hiah, Kai Lam

November 29, 2002
Chiangmai University Art center

Artists talk
Yuan Mor’O Ocampo “Filipino Spirituality”
Thanom Chapakdee “Revelation in Conflict ;
the case of U-Kabat Group ,Thailand”

ARAI Shin-ichi (Japan)
Parawee Poopetch (Thailand)
Ko Siu Lan (Hong Kong/China)
Jirasak Saengpolasit (Thailand)

November 30, 2002
Chiangmai University Art center

Fumiko Takahashi (Japan)
Paitul Promvijit (Thailand)
Suchart Panprapan (Thailand)
Elvira Santamaria Torrens (Mexico)
Roi Vaara (Finland)
Jason Lim (Singapore)

We artists wish to thanks:
The Rockefeller Foundation (S.E.Asia/Thailand) for supporting the festival in Bangkok, as well as help bringing artists from Asia countries; Heinrich Boll Foundation (Thailand & S.E. Asia) for supporting our Chiangmai event; Goethe Institute (Bangkok), supporting the festival workshop for students in Chiangmai and Bangkok; Tourism Authority of Thailand (Chiangmai) for hosting a reception for artists and staff in Chiangmai; Toshiba Foundation (Thailand); Beer Thai (1991) Co., Ltd; Office of Social Welfare of BMA and BMA Office Pranakorn District for allowing us to use the park; Faculty of Fine Arts, Chiangmai University; Chiangmai University’s Art Center, Foundation of art & Culture of Bangkok Metropolitan;
and especially About TV, who broadcast the whole event via www.superchannel.org/AboutTV.