Thailand’s first open-air art installation has run in Suan Rodfi Park for more than one month. Created by New York artist Minette Lee Mangahas, the exhibition was inspired a fictional bridge of kind thoughts in her children’s book “The Nalikae Tree.”
Assembled with the help of students and artists from Pohchang Academy of Art as well as active participation from the public, the piece consisted of a 150 metre-long cloth “bridge” to an island in the middle of the lake.
According to Minette, “Ten Thousand Bridges” is inspired by a lullaby called “Maprao (coconut tree)” or “Nalikae”, the traditional lullaby from the south of Thailand.
” I was really fascinated by it. it was just really beautiful. The story is super deep. I was really surprise to find that a lot of Thai people has never heard it.,” said Minette.
“When I found out that this beautiful building at BIA is designed around this lullaby and they actually planted that nalikae tree on that island, I thought it would be interesting to create the project that would be connected the building to the tree in a way that makes it meaningful to the visitors here,” she continued.
The installation consists of more than 450 metres of blue, orange, pink, purple, and white fabric –across the waters of the lake to the Nalikae Tree. A tremendous effort which can be found in the Buddhadasa Indapanno Archives in Suan Rodfi Park.
In addition to the “bridge,” a coconut tree and four copper-colored bead sculptures can be found on the connecting island. These features will remain in the park after the installation is removed on October 10.
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