I, a Pixel. We, the People.

 Chulayarnnon Siriphol

“I am a germ of time breeding in your clean air, but I am no way to be seen. By corrupting the purity that surpasses the quantity of common sense. I am a dust not knowing its future that possesses the freedom of weightless transformation. I am anonymous.”

I am a weak, fragile, worthless and meaningless pixel. I am only one pixel. However, I can gather with others pixels to make our lives meaningful. We can become a ripple, a movement or energy. We can be a small wave of the sea or lava from the volcano which is ready to explode. The protest in many countries in Asia in the past year against the injustice of the governments showed that the gap between classes still exists as the pyramid form.

Chulayarnnon Siriphol 〈Myth of Modernity〉 Single-channel HD digital video, sound, color 16 min 2014

The government suppressed the people who criticize the government with violence. The government would like to maintain their power as long as possible. So, the question is how people can protest against the government? To start the cultural war can be the answer. Art becomes a weapon in this war to protect the freedom of expression. There are various creativities of protesting the Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill Movement in Hong Kong, reforming of the monarchy in Thailand and Spring Revolution in opposition to the coup d’état in Myanmar. When opposition people in many countries in Asia have suppressed, the people create an online connection via social media called “Milk Tea Alliance”. Art in this social movement is the art of humour and sarcasm which make fun of the government’s policy.

Chulayarnnon Siriphol 〈Planking〉 Single-channel SD digital video, silent, color 3min 2012

However, when the physical cultural war is going to the end and hopeless, how people evacuate to the new world? The digital world can be the answer. For digital native, they may be easy but for digital immigrant, they need sometimes to understand this new world. We have to accept that we are during the time of evacuation. It is a crisis. We need to establish a government in exile for our independence. We need to move to the digital world, cross the firewall and geo-block of being Asian through the black hole. At the end of the black hole, we would find the universe of information which is a paradise of freedom, equality and humanity. Let our physical or analogue bodies are burned down so that our spirits can fly and dance freely in the universe of information eternity.

“Declaring a position, we are new red devils. We stand out. My future is here. The future will connect the world between you, me, we and us. Future vs Present. Just give us a little more time” I am the dust of pixel who can gather and create people’s power movement. Give us a little more time. The Internationale shall certainly be realized.

Chulayarnnon Siriphol 〈The Internationale〉 Music Video, sound, color 6min 2018