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Sūt-Saeng ( End of the light )

A collection of abstract light sculptures


Shui's 'Sūt-Saeng' (Thai for 'End of Light') series is a collection of abstract light sculptures and patterns that explore the balance between darkness and illumination within forms reminiscent of traps and snares.

Each light sculpture is composed of a delicate yet malleable leather cutout balanced on a cylindrical hanging light fixture. The 'lasso'—a key element of each sculpture's form—allows the leather to be adjusted and counterbalanced, embodying the state of change as the leather stretches and grows into a new shape by the consistent pull of gravity. Accompanying floating sculptures made of drafting paper illuminate the connection between two-dimensional drafting patterns and the evolved three-dimensional leather forms.

Created in parallel with the composition of Thai and English poetry, transformations between both languages and spatial dimensions reflect the transformative power of vulnerability. Even within the cruel mechanisms of traps, there exists an experience that transcends solitude.

The process of being caught, though painful, can lead to a profound sense of discovery and release. Shui hopes that these works will invite viewers to contemplate the grace of the fall and the beauty that can arise from even the most challenging circumstances, ultimately finding light and companionship at the end of time.

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- Contemplation is a spiral (เกลียวรำพึงของสองเรา)

- A net, an eye (นัยน์ตาข่าย)

- Palms upturned (ให้หงายฝ่ามือของเขา)

- ' A wish I can't refuse ' (ฉันไม่สามารถปฏิเสธได้)

- Touch! Then, gone- (เธอ! เธอจับฉัน)

- ' Let the light, Release me ' (ปล่อยให้แสง ปล่อยฉาน)

- Facing a black curtain (เผชิญม่านดำ)

- When death lays a lasso (เมื่อความตายคล้องห่วง)

- Snare (อยู่กับดัก)

- Redux : Casket of Light (ภาสุระกรัณฑ์)

- Redux : O' Light Bearer (เธอ ที่ถือแสง)



♩  Exhibition soundtracks : NERUDA (2007)

Special thanks :



- My dear wife, Dr. Emily Costello.


Thank you for the love you put through everything you touch. I love you.



And to my extended friends, local and abroad, who reach out and show love and support after all these years.


- Emi Oshiro, for her Japanese interpretation of “ Death lays a lasso ” (死が投げ縄を置いた時)


- Kim Keehyun, for his Korean interpretation of “ O Light Bearer ” (동반자)


- Ari Essunfeld, for his Swedish interpretation of “ Contemplation is a spiral ” (Betraktelse: en spiral)


- Selected photographs of the exhibition, courtesy of Dr. Marley Chertok.

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The soundtrack for this exhibition features selected tracks from Emily Costello's Neruda album (2007).

A Visual and Poetic Dialogue:
Thai-English Translations by Shui Tsang and Emily Costello




Thank you for sparing the time.