A WALK IN THE LANDSCAPE OF PIGEONS
A Walk in the Landscape of Pigeons, 2001-2004, Offset print, recycled Thai banknotes made from discarded banknotes, 5 stands, moving images and sound animated and recorded from a banknote counting machine, sound amplifiers, DVD players, sensors, and projectors with screens. Size of a wad of one hundred recycled banknotes: 3 x 6.5 x 1.5 inches (each).
A sequence of pigeons fluttering off, printed on recycled Thai banknotes made of discards from the National Bank of Thailand, explores the ‘virtual’ by drawing on the quality of moving images.
A Walk in the Landscape of Pigeons, 2001-2004, Five different colors of recycled banknotes: 10 Baht (Brown), 20 Baht (Green), 100 Baht (Pink), 500 Baht (Purple), and 1,000 Baht (Grey).
Moving images of pigeons fluttering off appear to the eyes of viewers fleetingly similar to when wads of banknotes are being swiftly counted by hand or a banknote counting machine.
A Walk in the Landscape of Pigeons (Project Plan), 2001, Digital drawing. 8.25 x 11.75 inches (each).
A Walk in the Landscape of Pigeons represents the contrast between fleeting dreams and social values. It is inspired by the common phenomenon of pigeons fluttering off when people walk close to them, a scenario recreated in still images printed on recycled Thai banknote discards from the National Bank of Thailand. Each stack of recycled notes, sorted according to color, contains 100 sheets of paper. A recording of the sheets animated by a banknote counting machine is displayed as video with sound. Together with an installation of sculptural forms made of recycled banknotes, five screens placed at the exhibition hall initiate and display the video automatically using sensors. Prompted each time a viewer enters the room, the screens show birds scattering from the nearest screen to the farthest, across the shuffling bank notes. The swift and momentary effects of the images projected on the screens represent the transience of dreams, awakening to reality, and the societally-imposed artificial values (including the value of owning plenty of money) that swiftly come and go.