This project was developed during my 14-day state quarantine in the hotel during the pandemic in the year 2020, after spending time as an artist-in-residence in Germany. 

Many Thai activists who were self-exiled in neighbouring countries ended up victims of enforced disappearance. A forced disappearance occurs from time to time, but a formal investigation never progressed. Referring to the UN working group on enforced or involuntary disappearances, there’s a record of 86 cases of enforced disappearance in Thailand, and no Thai law is dedicated for this matter.

 

Contouring drawing is the method I use to connect me with subject. I started illustrating portrait of Thai dissidents, who were victims of enforced disappearance, and have yet to be found until now. Their portraits were freely drawn. The line without constraint depicts outspoken expression and speech. Using a combination of techniques to create portraiture artworks, produced further using printmaking technique.

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