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SUMMARY:นิทรรศการ \"The Tree of Life\"
DESCRIPTION:\"The Tree of Life\" Solo exhibition by Maitree Siriboon\n
 The geographic and environmental links between Lao (Laos) and Northeas
 tern Thailand (Isaan) separated by the Mekong River are strong, but th
 e contrasts in the natural environment are striking almost shocking. O
 n the Lao side, development has been limited and the lush tropical for
 ests and complex natural environment have been largely maintained over
  the eons. On the Thailand side of the river, deforestation and develo
 pment have drastically changed the ecology and social environment in o
 nly the last 100 years or so. Almost 100% of the Isaan populations now
  work on farms that cover the deforested landscape that is now filled 
 with rice fields, eucalyptus trees, sugar cane fields, cassava farms, 
 and increasingly, dairy farms. Flooding is a constant threat and groun
 dwater supplies are diminishing and more and more saline. There remain
  only a few mature and stately trees in this almost barren landscape a
 nd they seem so out of place as prehistoric symbols of more primitive 
 times. They are threatened by those who view them as only wood or an i
 nterruption to the agricultural sameness and do not appreciate their f
 ragile status of these living and lonely organisms.\nThe young people 
 of the Isaan who have grown up entirely in the \"modern\" agricultural
  environment are leaving their homes for work in urban areas and in fa
 ctories. There are few remaining elders who remember the more diverse 
 and complex environment and the wisdom and beauty of those tropical fo
 rests. The new generation is quite bluntly abandoning the rural life a
 nd in the process is losing an important connection to nature and the 
 ecological and social history of the Mekong.\nAs an artist from the Is
 aan someone who grew up on a farm and in a village, I feel great pain 
 when I see the sudden and probably irreversible changes in our region 
 and want very much to increase the awareness of the current generation
  of the very edge of the world that is disappearing. I have chosen the
  \"Tree of Life\" as my theme for the upcoming exhibition in Luan Prab
 ang to utilize my drawing talents and photographic vision to create a 
 series of images highlighting the remaining trees in the Isaan and the
  existing trees in Laos linking them artistically, but also showing th
 e contrasting environments. It will be my contribution to the effort t
 o preserve nature in as many was as possible and to ensure that the be
 auty and grandeur of these stately trees are forever in the minds of p
 eople who watched them grow over the decades people who are leaving in
  the region and tourists who must be exposed to their beauty and to th
 eir plight as endangered species.\n\"The Tree of Life\" is the theme o
 f my exhibition and I request the opportunity to display my artwork ou
 t of respect for the natural world.\n\nFor more information visit http
 ://www.portfolios.net/events/the-tree-of-life
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Bangkok:20121006T000000
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CATEGORIES:art, exhibition, painting
LOCATION:Whitespcegallery
WEBSITE:http://whitesp-cegallery.com
URL:http://whitesp-cegallery.com
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