We recently connected with Sirawich Pukuka and have shared our conversation below.
Sirawich, we’re thrilled to have you on our platform and we think there is so much folks can learn from you and your story. Something that matters deeply to us is living a life and leading a career filled with purpose and so let’s start by chatting about how you found your purpose.
My purpose stems from how I traverse myself, observe, and sometimes mingle with my surroundings because I am usually not good at sitting in a studio and creating a work from that confined space solely. I need to see actions and then later come to the studio and reflect on them.
What I learned from my observations is that in life, regardless of what form is taken, one has an enormous capacity to exist in this time and space to do something, in other words, I believed that when I feel like I am purposelessly exist in this world is maybe a little bit exaggeration of disappointments because no one lives in this time and space just to exist what one do will inevitably affect the surroundings. Hence, there is so much purpose left in me to do the right things, as the only shot that I get to do so is when I am alive.
Let’s take a small detour – maybe you can share a bit about yourself before we dive back into some of the other questions we had for you?
I am an interdisciplinary artist who focuses on the aspect of the power dynamic in the art scene. Thus, I am trying to use art as a tool to amplify marginalized stories because art is one of the powerful tools that we have to create sensual experiences and let the audiences be submerged into new possibilities of humanity’s thoughts.
My artistic practice is about trying to open up the space of interactions and expressions in a broader than conventional way of seeing art. In my upcoming project, I will try to put art outside of gallery space and right on the street, in other words, I will try to follow the movement of public art. But instead of putting a sculpture on the street, I want to try something more ephemeral, which will be a projection of video onto the side of a discarded building.
If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?
I would say that I have the most appreciation for my willingness to be consistent in my practice and to learn how to fall back but never give up on what I chose.
My advice would be that you should continue to do what you believe in and hone the skills that are necessary for it despite whatever people say negatively about that because, practically speaking, skills can be learned through several trials and failures. In short, discipline is the word I am admired for.
Okay, so before we go we always love to ask if you are looking for folks to partner or collaborate with?
Yes! As I mentioned about art as a tool of expression and opening up to the minds of people, I am very eager to have an opportunity to collaborate with art folks out-there or anyone that loves art. I would like to invited you guys to do the very project I mentioned in the last column. For example, if you wanted the stories of yours which should be in a form of video, photography, sound or anything that can send digitally to be shown on a wall of a discarded building in Thailand I could help you with that!
Contact Info:
- Instagram: maxpukuka
Image Credits
Sirawich Pukuka Federico Savini Enddle.work
