The Spirits of Maritime Crossing explores cultural flows and moving water as metaphors of unexplored ocean and territories.
Priyageetha Dia’s video of the deep sea examines ancestral migratory movements from India to the Malay Peninsula. Drawing from her family experience, Dia looks at the way migrants across the Indian Ocean are perceived as foreigners and marginalized. Maritime currents enmesh subaltern culture with diasporic histories. For her piece, Kawita Vatanajyankur, performs in foamy blue dye from textile industry as a way to discuss female labor in the patriarchal society and the role of water in the context of femininity and textile industry. Female labor, feminism and abuse are parts of being foreign.
The Spirits of Maritime Crossing, Curated by Dr. Apinan Poshyananda
Collateral Event of the 60th International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia
Organised by Bangkok Art Biennale Foundation
20 April – 24 November 2024
Palazzo Mangilli Valmarana, Venice, Italy
Images courtesy of Bangkok Art Biennale Foundation
