Rates of Exchange, Un-Compared: Contemporary Art in Bangkok and Phnom Penh
By Vera Mey
A staff member of Psar Kap Ko taking a photo of
An artist’s national affiliation still seems to reign as the dominant framework in understanding and contextualizing their practice, particularly within Southeast Asia. Although the region is amidst the process of understanding itself through this definition, there are attempts to intervene with this straightforward nation-based approach, which can be seen as an act of institutional critique—and one that is happening whilst institutional structures are still being developed within the region.
