PRODUCTS OF EMPTINESS
Products of Emptiness, 1997-1999, Industrial cans with souvenir postcard labeled and a can opener. Can size: 3.25 x 2 inches (each).
In 1997, after Thailand devalued the baht, this brought Asia and the global economic crisis into the further financial turmoil of the late 1990’s, causing the Tom Yum Kung Crisis (named after the famous Thai hot and spicy shrimp soup). At that time, the Tourism Authority of Thailand ran the "Amazing Thailand" campaign and was very successful during the years 1997-1999. Thai culture and religion were promoted as consumer products, unlike the emptiness which represents the religious philosophy and economic crisis of the time.