»Songs for dying / Songs for living« - Life and death as atmospheric narrative

The Kunstverein Hamburg opens a solo show of the artist Korakrit Arunanondchai (*1986) on December 4 and thus shows Arunanondchai's most extensive publication to date. On view is an excerpt of his work, in which he incorporates personal experiences and emotional states by means of video installations, expansive paintings and objects, translating them into atmospheric stories. In the solo exhibition Songs for dying / Songs for living, Arunanondchai processes the death of his grandfather by embedding it in a narrative of the cosmological emergence of the world and the cycles of life and death, growth and decomposition that accompany it. Visitors can be captivated by grief, transformation, and spiritual power in the atmospheric spaces that emerge there, adding a new perspective on life and its potential forms.

The exhibition is the result of a collaboration with the Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst Zurich and the Serralves Museum in Porto, both of which have already recently organized a solo exhibition on the artist. Songs for dying / Songs for living can be visited until February 20, 2022.