Song for Living Song for Dying

The most comprehensive publication to date on Korakrit Arunanondchai's practice.

Bangkok-born, Brooklyn-based multimedia artist Korakrit Arunanondchai probes the thresholds of birth, decreation, and death through his video, painting and installation works. In his series Songs for Dying / Songs for Living, Arunanondchai processes personal tragedy in two video installations along with paintings and other pieces. Arunanondchai takes up canonical mythological references and symbols for grief—such as ghosts, shamans and a dying sea turtle—and investigates the social and political realities of Thailand.
his volume embodies the spirit of Arunanondchai's practice by complicating art book categories; part survey, part artist's book and part visual essay, the book contains a tripartite structure and boasts a dynamic cover design, full-bleed images and numerous critical essays.

Published following the eponymous exhibitions at the Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, the Kunstverein, Hamburg, and the Museu Serralves, Porto, in 2020-2022.
 
Korakrit Arunanondchai (born 1986 in Thailand, lives and works in New York) left Bangkok to attend the Rhode Island School of Design (2009) and Columbia University (2012). After having partaken in numerous group exhibitions (Sculpture Center, New York; ICA, London), Korakrit Arunanondchai conceived his own personal exhibitions notably at MoMA PS1 (New York, 2014), the Mistake Room (Los Angeles, 2014), and Palais de Tokyo (Paris, 2015).

Concept Korakrit Arunanondchai, Heike Munder, Bettina Steinbrügge
Managing Editor Maria Burmester
Graphic Design Sam de Groot
Layout Assistance Roméo Abargel, Line Arngaard, Boldizsár Tóth
Copyediting and Proofreading Paul Buck
Published by Mousse Publishing, Milan
First Edition 2023
Number of pages 192
ISBN 978-88-6749-535-1
Language EN