Textually

Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook: Textually

At 100 Tonson Foundation, Bangkok

Exhibition On View: (Part Two)

21 February 2026 – 31 May 2026

‘𝘛𝘰 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴, 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘬𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘢.’

Beginning with the first chapter, 100 Tonson Foundation presented 𝘼𝙧𝙖𝙮𝙖 𝙍𝙖𝙨𝙙𝙟𝙖𝙧𝙢𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙨𝙤𝙤𝙠: 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙊𝙡𝙙 𝙎𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙆𝙖𝙧𝙢𝙖, co-organised with MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum, and launched an online archive gathering nearly half a century of artistic works by #ArayaRasdjarmrearnsook. Presented alongside were all her single-channel video works, marking the start of an ongoing archival project devoted to consolidating the artist’s extensive body of work. Continuing this trajectory, the second chapter, 𝘼𝙧𝙖𝙮𝙖 𝙍𝙖𝙨𝙙𝙟𝙖𝙧𝙢𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙨𝙤𝙤𝙠: 𝙏𝙚𝙭𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮, invites viewers to read Araya’s paradigm in her capacity as an author, as a writer—venturing into a landscape of letters dense with dialogues between Image and Utterance, Script and Remembrance, Experience and Taste of literature, Art and Words.

‘𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘳𝘵, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦.’

In 2017, 100 Tonson Gallery conceived, in collaboration with Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook, the exhibition 𝘼𝙣 𝘼𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙏𝙧𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙍𝙚𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣 𝙩𝙤 '𝘽𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙒𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙧’, foregrounding her liminal stance between the role of “writer” and that of “artist.” Revisiting this gesture, “𝙏𝙚𝙭𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮”, is not only a continuation of Old Karma, but also a sequel to the 2017 exhibition that embodied the gesture of “𝘛𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰,” by unfolding writings long completed in the past, unfastening them, and stitching them into outlines and notes she inscribed in the midst of working. At the opposite side of the room, the gesture of “𝘙𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘰 '𝘉𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘞𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳’” is made explicit through “𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭, 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘺𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘦𝘥.” These two currents are woven together with video works that carry her words in the voice of “𝘈𝘯 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵,” drawing attention to Araya’s orthographic process—her insistence upon words, upon phrases, upon narration and text—reflecting her perspectives on memory, on dogs, on life, on death, and on art from another angle.

‘𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘺.’

This exhibition also arose from conversations and guidance offered by Sayan Daengklom—lecturer, critic, scholar, and Araya’s “friend who was an Art historian.” Sharing a mutual interest in the trajectories of art, word, and literature, Sayan and Araya, together with 100 Tonson Foundation, invited over forty collaborators, scholars, curators, artists, and devoted readers of her prose to contribute passages of her words that continue to echo, prod, linger, or remain lodged in their memory. These fragments were rearranged into something akin to an unpolished long short story composed of her own words—an act of gathering and underscoring certain luminous facets of Araya’s selection of vocabulary and meaning.

‘…𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘳𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦.’

𝘼𝙧𝙖𝙮𝙖 𝙍𝙖𝙨𝙙𝙟𝙖𝙧𝙢𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙨𝙤𝙤𝙠: 𝙏𝙚𝙭𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 opens to the public on 21 February at 100 Tonson Foundation and will be on view through 31 May 2026. A special public program will take place during the exhibition period; further details will be announced soon.