"Living in an Elastic Time"

Gallery 1 & 2, Cheongju Culture Factory, Cheongju, Republic of Korea 4 September - 2 November 2025


2025 Cheongju Craft Biennale Invited Country Exhibition: Thailand Living in an Elastic Time

The Office of Contemporary Art and Culture, Ministry of Culture, is honored to represent Thailand as the Invited Country at the 2025 Cheongju Craft Biennale. Under the artistic direction of Gridthiya Gaweewong and Angkrit Ajchariyasophon, with Rinrada na Chiangmai as curator, the exhibition Living in an Elastic Time brings together 26 artists and collectives whose practices reflect the evolving meaning of craft in a world where time is increasingly stretched, accelerated, and unstable.

2025 Cheongju Craft Biennale Invited Country Exhibition: Thailand Living in an Elastic Time

Living in an Elastic Time explores how Thai artists reclaim and reframe craft as a site of contemporary relevance. Here, craft is both medium and message, a way of navigating questions of identity, community, and temporality in an era of profound change.

Participating Artists and Collectives
  • Rirkrit Tiravanija x Khun Yai Baeng Sonmai
  • Jakrawal Nilthamrong
  • Songdej Thipthong
  • Preecha Karoon
  • Sang Luesuwan x Kamchan Yano
  • Jarupatcha Achavasmit
  • Sita Inyai
  • Emsophian Benjametha
  • Ploenchan Mook Vinyaratn
  • Wit Pimkanchanapong
  • Kris Yensudchai
  • Nithee Suthammaruk
  • Sirisak Saengow
  • Thanwitcha Muenchamnan
  • Rudee Tancharoen
  • Thanistha Nunthapojn
  • Pinaree Sanpitak
  • Mit Jai Inn
  • Pim Sudhikam
  • Somluk Pantiboon
  • Chalan Thawornnukulphong
  • Kusofiyah Nibuesa
  • Studio Mueja
  • DonMooDin
  • Foundisan
  • all(zone)
2025 Cheongju Craft Biennale Invited Country Exhibition: Thailand Living in an Elastic Time 2025 Cheongju Craft Biennale Invited Country Exhibition: Thailand Living in an Elastic Time

The exhibition is accompanied by a vibrant public program, including: Thai craft workshops, artist talks, traditional Thai performance, muay Thai demonstrations, thai massage, thai film screenings
The exhibition is organized by the Cheongju Craft Biennale, with supported from the Office of Contemporary Art and Culture, under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the the Invited Country Exhibition, 2025 Cheongju Craft Biennale. It is also supported by the Contemporary Art Promotion Fund, with kind cooperation from the Royal Thai Embassy in Seoul.