After the start with proverbs, then Panopticon, and about the respects.
It came down to the word "image".
Image :
-A physical likeness or representation of a person, animals, or things; photographed painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
-An optical counterpart or appearance of an object, as is produced by reflection from a mirror, refraction by lens, or the passage of luminous rays through a small aperture and their reception on a surface.
-Mental representation ; idea ; conception.
-PSYCHOLOGY; a mental representation of something previously perceived, in the absence of the original stimulus.
-A representation thus happened & occurred in oneself's mind, [Iconic representation]
My Interpretation toward the word "image":
-Image is a representation of something, taken in many forms[icon, photograph, colour, etc].
-Sometime people creates numbers, icons, colours as an image representing something. [To memorize and emphasize that object or thing].
-And people always hold on to the image of something that they created, as something that can help them continuing on the path that they supposed to.
In this part I can draw connection to the idea about the flood that is;
In this flooding problem, many people have been losing so much, one of the thing that people hold on to is to the images of the King of Thailand, the photographs of him working in the hospital, or even his symbol are something that release all the stress and somehow united people together, erase the thought of losing hope, and fight this problem together, after seeing that the King also work very hard for helping us.
So right now I am shifting my project toward a way to design a space that will give convey a message about hope in this flood by using the image representation of the King.
Iconic & Mental representation of the King.
This is the ภปร.[POH POR ROR] symbol that represent the king.
Thus this symbol contain many elements that can be considered to be the image of the King himself:
-Yellow Colour : The colour of the birth date which is Monday
-Golden line around the text ภปร. in the middle and also around the circle with the blue colour as the inside colour of the circle represent that the King is the centre of the people all over the country.
-On top of the circle is number 9 in Thai, this represent that this is the ninth king of the kingdom of Thailand.
-The crown on the very top stands for the position as the king of this country.
-The left and right umbrella-like-shape represent that this country under the king's command is peaceful and safe.
-The rabbit stand for the rabbit's year[Thai's believes about the year].
-Behind the rabbit is in blue colour background decorated with the Thai art, this represent the Thai growth.
-Lastly the pink ribbin stands for the dates that the birthday will be on and also tells that which occasion is this symbol for.
Lastly is the White elephant that has been symbol for the Thai king for almost the starting of Thailand as a country.
Hope that this will finally be cleared to you about what I am doing.......
Prompt Udomdech
1 comment:
Indeed it is clearer...
Now, i think you should be very careful in this project on not to blindly praise the King.
All you have researched from the beginning is very political (although it is not called red or yellow). It is about how a created and imposed system of beliefs can influence and thus govern a people.
This phase is a research phase, where you should be able to look at things and situations in a most neutral way.
It is not about knowing what is good or bad, but being able to collect information.
Since in Thailand we cannot get information about the wholeness of the actions of the King and his family (websites are banned), it would be more interesting to study the creation of the myth, the creation of this respect and its establishment through images. Again, without having any judgement on it. Simply observing, and then manipulating what you observed with what you have in your hands.. here, water.
Think about the idea of reflection, refraction (the 2nd point of the dictionary definition) and water properties in relation to light.
If you want to be critical, you must look at the reasons behind the current situation - called crisis when it used to be part of a life cycle.
I hope you understand what i mean, this is open to debate of course.
Even this debate could be your project...
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