Openspace & Mike Hornblow, 2019
Buffalo Field is produced by Openspace in collaboration with the E-Lerng artist group and a network of artists, academics, and local community members.
In 2019, the BFF working group came up with new ideas to expand design-research activities in the festival. An extended three-day local workshop was included prior to the festival. Thai and international artists who were available before the festival were welcome to join the local workshop to gain an understanding of the neighbourhood context. The idea was that those invited artists could generate ideas and gain inspiration for their art performances during the festival. Once more, local residents were invited to attend the local workshop not only to engage them to take part in the festival, but also to provide a source of data for artists throughout the workshop. Participants in the workshop were not only from local and surrounding areas, they also came from outside Nang Loeng.
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MAKING SENSE OF BELONGING THROUGH SOCIALLY ENGAGED ART-ACTIVISM IN NANG LOENG NEIGHBOURHOOD, BANGKOK
