Sugree Gasorngatsara. Shining light seeing shadows, passed on from the past till the present, towards the creation of contemporary art. Doctoral Degree(Arts and Design). Chiang Mai University. Library. : Chiang Mai University, 2024.
Shining light seeing shadows, passed on from the past till the present, towards the creation of contemporary art
Abstract:
The art of Shadow Play in the South of Thailand is a local cultural performance passed on through many generations. Shadow Play used to be a form of entertainment and conveyed moral and ethical topics along with information to the local people, but nowadays there have been major alterations due to social and cultural change that affect Shadow Play in terms of content and performing style by the applying new media, new tools and new technologies to make it up-to-date. Also, local Southern and other people in Thailand less attend and understand Shadow Play. This is the origin for this study and the creation of this artwork. The thesis Doctor of Fine Arts Program in Arts and Design titled "Shining Light - Seeing Shadows, passed on from the Past till the Present, towards the Creation of Contemporary Art", is created to fulfill the requirements for Doctorate Studies in Arts and Design, Faculty of Fine Arts, Chiang Mai University. Configuration, features and style along with the beliefs and cultural identities of the local Shadow Play of Southern Thailand. Through analysis and synthesis a work of Contemporary Art is created reflecting specific features of Southern Shadow Play in order to spread and communicate Southern Culture to other parts of Thailand. This Creative Research aims to study the historical context. Of Southern Culture the result fromstudiy this and analysis shows the value, identity and configuration of Southern Shadow Play. The result of this study found its final synthesis in the creation of Contemporary Art, The result of the study found that the value and identity of Southern shadow play is the cultural value shows the method of performance such as greeting the theatre, installing the equipment, Hom Rong (prelusion), twilight monkey dance, hermit performance, Roob Cha, Isuan on the cow's back and Ork Prai (Introduction). The shadow play performance is from the shadow of puppets and other components. The art of shadow play performance consists of leader of the team, screen, puppets, story, theatre, light, amplifier, original musical instrument and modern musical instrument, refrain and modern technological media. The inspiration of contempory art help to create value and indentity of Southern shadow play from Hom Rong (prelusion), puppet show and figure of puppets, and other elements of shadow performance. The formal features of the Play, the lighting that causes shadow, the sound and the music, the colors and patterns, the shadow play's stories, etc.., are all re-created in a three-dimensional form: lighting is managed in such a way that it spreads shadows all over the exhibition area by inserting certain objects such as doors, outlets and mirrors into the original area. This all becomes part of the presentation of this work of Installation Art and Video Art using both the walls and the exhibition room area. In total 8 series are created containing 10 pieces, using modern materials like clear acrylic, magic markers, cloth, paper, bulbs, clear plastic sheets and raw-cloth umbrellas as well as new and modern media such as video and projectors for the Video Art.