Many people say that life can be driven by “Dream and Hope”. “Dream” of their better lives and “Hope” that their dreams will eventually come true. However, in a capital city like Bangkok, such hopes and dreams are rarely achieved. Lies beyond these urban residents are broken pieces of many things and everything and the only remaining dream is just their “Pipe Dreams”.

When the artist tried to look closely into the decaying physical structures in Bangkok, one thing that stood out the most was, ironically, the plastic blue pipes under those broken pieces that were still remaining and working as if to support many lives through their struggles on their way to achieve the dreams, from being used as clothes racks, umbrella stands, barrier gates, Covid-shield partitions as well as structure for the protestants’ signages.

Despite its functions, the blue pipes are often despised and covered from the people’s sight by white paint. It seems like people are instinctively averting their eyes from who they really are without thinking about their true identities under the spells of their pipe dreams.

Therefore, Chatchawan purposedly uses ‘blue pipes’ to build a large tube structure. The structure is created from a series of curved, blue plastic pipes stacked in a cluttered way and wrapped in fragile clear plastic sheets. He hopes that when the audiences walk through this tube, the awkward and uncomfortable feelings will remind them of the truth of Bangkok and going back to track their own dreams.

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This Installation is part of “The City & The City,” exchange serie between Bangkok International Performing Art Meeting and Tokyo Festival Farm which began in 2020.

• Project year : 2022
• Completed year : 2022
• Collaboration With : BIPAM (Bangkok International Performing Art Meeting)