ART PROJECT TO HONOUR GOOD CITIZENS
BACKGROUND

THE CONCEPT ON ART CREATION OF GOOD CITIZENS WAS CARRIED OUT IN ORDER TO PROMOTE TO THE PUBLIC AND THEN GIVE THEM AWARENESS TO MAKE A GOOD DEED

AROUND THE END OF NOVEMBER,1997, CHAMNAN LORAPHONG TRICYCLE CAR HAD DIED BECAUSE HE HELPED THE WOMAN MERCHANT TO FIGHT WITH A THIEF GRASPING HER GOLD NECKLACE. THIS INCIDENT APPEARED SHORTLY. THAT MADE ME TO CREATE THE ART AND ENVIRONMENT AT THE REAL PLACE. IN ORDER TO REMIND THE PUBLIC OF THE GOOD DEED MR. CHAMNAN LORAPHONG DID AND ALSO EXPERIENCE ANOTHER KIND OF ART, I NAMED THE EXHIBITION "ART AFTER DEATH" HELD ON JANUARY 6,1998 AND PRESIDED OVER BY POLICE MAJOR GENERAL NARONG AMATAYAKUL TAKING THE ROLE OF POLICE GENERAL PRACHA PROMNOK, DIRECTOR OF GENERAL ROYAL THAI POLICE DEPARTMENT

AFTER THAT THE WORK OF ART, PROTOTYPE SKETTING, ART AND ENVIRONMENT PHOTOGRAPHY, PAINTING AND INSTALLATION ART WERE COLLECTED TO DISPLAY AGAIN BY THE TITLE "NOTE OF ART AFTER DEATH" AT MARSI GALLERY, SUAN PAKKAD PALACE, BANGKOK ON MARCH 16,2000 PRESIDED OVER BY MR. SUKHUMPAN BORIPAT, GREATGRANDCHILD OF A KING, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND DR. SUMET CHUMSAI NA AYUTHAYA, THE NATIONAL ARTIST IT LASTED UNTIL APRIL 2,2000. THIS EXHIBITION WAS CARRIED ON AT ART AND CULTURE GALLERY NARESUAN UNIVERSITY, PITSANULOK.

WHILE PREPARING THE EXHIBITION "NOTE OF ART AFTER DEATH" I HAD LEARNT CHRISTOPHER JACK BENJAKUL WHO HELPED A COUPLE FROM A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT BUT UNEXPECTEDLY ANOTHER MOTORCYCLE HIT HIM AND HE WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. CHRIST HAS BEEN HEALING AT HOSPITAL FOR SEVERAL MONTHS HAD VISITED HIM AT SIRIRAT HOSPITAL AND MADE A REQUEST FROM HIS FATHER TO TAKE CHRIST'S STORY TO CREATE THE ART. AS I HAD SEEN CHRIST ON THE BED AND WATCHING TV. I THOUGHT IF THE PEOPLE GAVE HIM THEIR ENCOURAGEMENTS THROUGH THE ART, IT WOULD BE BEST. I MADE THE POSTCARDS IN ORDER TO DISTRIBUTE THEM FOR THE PUBLIC TO WRITE THEIR WORDS FOR CHRIST'S ENCOURAGEMENTS.

THE EXHIBIT ON IN ART GALLERY HAD BEEN REOCCURED BY DESIGNING THE ART GALLERY LIKE A ROOM FOR POSTCARDS WITH A PATIENT BED COVERED THE WRITTEN SHEET AROUND 3000 POSTCARDS WERE SENT AND TAKEN TO CHRIST FOR CHEERING UP AND PEOPLE'S REALIZATION.

AT THAT TIME, I WAS INVITED TO TAKE MY WORKS TO EXHIBIT IN 100 ANNIVERSARY OF SENIOR STATESMAN MR. PREEDEE PANOMYONG, MAY 11 - 14 ,2000 AT DEMOCRACY MONUMENT THE ART PROJECT TO HONOUR GOOD CITIZENS ABOUT CHRISTOPHER JACK BENJAKUL WAS SHOWN AND THE PUBLIC WERE ASKED TO CHEER HIM ON BY WRITING THE POSTCARDS. I WAS VERY IMPRESSED THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM VARIOUS WALKS OF LIFE WERE SO INTERESTED THAT THE PREPARED POSTCARDS WERE USED UP. THUS I THOUGHT WOULD HAVE THE EXHIBITION AGAIN IN ORDER TO GIVE THE OTHER PEOPLE MISSING THE LAST TIME A CHANCE TO CHEER CHRIST ON IN WHICH THE ACCIDENT WAS DUE IN A YEAR THE PROGRAMNES WERE : JULY 1-2,2000 AT WORLD TRADE CENTER, JULY 8-9,2000 AT CENTRAL PINKLAO; JULY 15-16, 2000 AT FUTURE PARK BANG KAE; JULY 22-23,2000 AT SEACON SQUARE; JULY 29-30,2000 AT FUTURE PARK RANGSIT; AUGUST 5-6,2000 AT FASHION IRELAND.

AFTERWARDS THE POSTCARDS WILL BE TAKEN TO EXHIBIT AT THE NATIONAL GALLERY, JANUARY 10,2001 THIS EXHIBITION WILL BE PRESIDED OVER BY THE PRESIDENT OF H.E. PRIVY COUNCILLOR & STATESMAN GENERAL PREM TINSULANONDA THIS WILL BE UNTIL JANUARY 31,2001 AND THERE WILL BE PHOTOGRAPHS, VDO, INSTALLATION ART POSTCARDS AS WILL AS THE ART WORKS FROM THE PEOPLE ON CHRIST'S BIRTHDAY, JANUARY 22,2001

THIS ART PROJECT TO HONOUR GOOD CITIZENS MAKES THE VIEWERS REALIZE THE GOOD DEED OF CHRISTOPHER JACK BENJAKUL AND SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY FOR HIM. THIS PROJECT COULDN'T HAVE SUCCEEDED WITHOUT THE PEOPLE FROM BOTH PRIVATE AND GOVERNMENT SECTIONS TO SUPPORT VERY WELL. I APPRECIATED THEM SO MUCH. I DO HOPE THAT I WILL GET YOUR SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENTS NEXT TIME.

KRAISORN PRASERT
NOVEMBER 8, 2000