In the exhibition “Ashes of an Era”, Pratchaya Charernsook presents a distant landscape by projecting herself across time, turning back to look at the remnants of civilization that may await the future of this world.  What we, as humans, leave behind today becomes the traces of progress carried into tomorrow. 

At Hat Sai Ri Beach in Chumphon province - Pratchaya’s hometown and site of exploration, the artist examines how waste management inefficiency has led to environmental damage that often remains hidden from view. These residues of burned plastic are presented as fossils of our time.  When viewers confront these objects, the exchange of gaze between human and artifact opens a space for reflection. In this moment, meaning and memory surface, inviting questions about nature, existence, and the fragile conditions of survival.

Pratchaya’s investigation unfolds the subtle traces left by humans, whose actions gradually erode nature.  A beach, in its essence, should be a place where the sea embraces the land in unspoiled purity.  Learning to coexist with nature becomes a central focus of this exhibition. Each work, scattered across the exhibition space, engages the viewer through a variety of media. They operate with a language of recording, collecting, combining, and are presented as phrases that spark awareness and invite contemplation.