Saroot Supasuthivech

Saroot Supasuthivech (Bangkok TH, 1991) reimagines place by merging chronologies and perspectives. He accounts for ways sites are situated and depicted in memory and discourse, beyond geography and politics. Supasuthivech challenges popular and official narratives to examine the corruption and deterioration of history and identity, alongside ancient traditions. He uses installation, image, and sound to construct intense, sensorial hyperrealities. Supasuthivech aims to unearth marginalised oral histories and buried memories, evoking the sacrosanct and creating rites of remembrance.

Supasuthivech graduated with a BA in mixed media arts from Silpakorn University Bangkok (2015). His recent solo exhibition ‘If I can make one wish…,’ took place at Nova Contemporary (Bangkok TH) last year. Also in 2023, Supasuthivech was chosen for the NTU Singapore SEA AiR cohort, taking up a residency at Kunstlerhaus Bethanien (Berlin DE). He’s also contributed to exhibitions at NTU Centre for Contemporary Art, Singapore (2023); the Discoveries section at Art Basel Hong Kong (2022); plus screenings at MMCA Korea, M+ Hong Kong, MAIIAM Philippines, and MCAD Thailand (2021). He is based in Bangkok.

His proposal builds on a past exploration of Thai diasporic funeral rites as a foundation to study the legendary narratives of Baltic belief systems, folkloric deities, and regional religious architecture, integrating light and sound with augmented reality (AR) technology.

Saroot Supasuthivech ‘Spirit-forward in G major’, ‘Passages’, NTU CCA. Singapore 2023

Saroot Supasuthivech’s residency is part of Mutual Empathies programme.

Mutual Empathies is a programme by Goethe-Institut, Rupert Centre for Art, Residencies, and Education, and the Academy of the Arts of the World. The 2024/25 edition is possible through the generous support of Goethe–Institut Vilnius. Rupert’s residency programmes are supported by the Lithuanian Council for Culture and Tech Zity. The Academy of the Arts of the World is funded by the City of Cologne and the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia.