When one generation plants, the next generation gets shade🌿🧡

When one generation plants, the next gets shade. "One Generation Plants the Trees, Another Gets the Shade" Art from scraps, a conversation between the past, present and future by artist Taiwijit Phuengkesomsomboon

"One Generation Plants the Trees, Another Gets the Shade" invites us to question through artworks that do not only tell the story of trees, but also reflect the deep roots of human behavior and the environment, and the impacts that may be long-lasting and beyond irreversible.

The inspiration for this exhibition comes from the Chinese proverb "One generation plants, the next generation gets shade", which the artist has reinterpreted into a conversation about "cross-generational responsibility" and "cultivating awareness of nature". The artist has used everyday materials such as plastic, steel, cement and construction waste to create artworks that reflect the fragility of the world and its ecosystem.

The exhibition is divided into 3 main sections:

1. Float or Sink: Hanging works that play with natural light inside a house in the Tung Nok Alley, using scrap plastic and buoys floating in the waters of Thailand and neighboring countries. This series of works is like objects that humans have produced endlessly, which, despite appearing light and floating, But it has a profound impact on the global environment.

2. ROI-POH-PUN-MAE: Inspired by the Thai proverb "A Hundred Fathers, A Thousand Mothers", it is expressed in the form of works that reflect the social diversity and origins of different people, both in terms of thoughts, attitudes, and coexistence.

3. Garden of Tomorrow: Works that show the artist's passion for planting trees. He built a model house out of cement and construction waste for the trees, reflecting the cultivation of nature awareness in the new generation and the appreciation of small things that are overlooked.

This exhibition is displayed in the area of Ban Trok Thua Nok, an old shophouse over 100 years old that has been renovated with respect to history to become a community space that combines the old and the new at the same time. Taiwijit's artwork is not only displayed in an empty space, but also breathes with the wooden floor, perforated tiles, cement walls, and sunlight through the roof of this house.

Every floor of Ban Trok Thua Nok, from the ground floor that welcomes visitors with a cafe and bar to the upper floor that welcomes artworks, are all spaces of "coexistence". And when art that questions the environment meets a house that preserves cultural roots This exhibition is like an open dialogue between the past, present and future.

📍Location: Baan Trok Tua Ngork (Bangkok)
🗓Exhibition period: Today - June 1, 2025
⏰️Open every Tuesday - Sunday from 12.00 - 20.00 hrs.
💵. Free admission
❗️ No private car parking
🚘 Nearby car parking: I'm Chinatown (parking fee applies)
🚍 Public transportation: MRT Wat Mangkon Station

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