Marvel at porcelain the likes of which you've never seen before from this Friday at the Din Clay Ton exhibition in Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC).
Initiated by Maren Niemeyer, head of the Goethe-Institut in Thailand, the exhibition sees the BACC host an extensive installation by German porcelain designer Stefanie Hering and Thai photographer Wasinburee Supanichvoraparch.
According to Niemeyer, the exhibition aims to promote the creative industries and intercultural exchange between Thailand and Germany, especially in regards to the country-specific cultural technologies and artisan traditions in the areas of ceramics and porcelain manufacture. In these fields, both Hering and Wasinburee are internationally-renowned masters of their crafts.
Stefanie Hering, a master of porcelain, has handcrafted impressive large-scale ceramic works in Thailand and Germany over several months after her discovery of Wasinburee's studio in Ratchaburi province.
In Thailand, Hering was inspired by traditional manufacturing techniques, using natural raw materials, which she implement into her works.
With Wasinburee documenting Hering's process through experimental photography and film, audiences are taken on a cultural journey through time and place, allowing them an unprecedented look at a traditional cottage industry that has been refined and preserved over hundreds of years.
Through this exhibition, Goethe-Institut Thailand is hoping to demonstrate the value of traditional handicrafts, in addition to actively contributing to the preservation of cultural technology which is now threatened by industrial production.
Din Clay Ton exhibition by Stefanie Hering and Wasinburee Supanichvoraparch is on view at BACC from Friday until March 30.
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