Okizoo’s own, Alex, hosted a large graffiti art exhibition over the weekend outside Central World Trade in the Siam/Chit Lom Commercial District of Bangkok. Project Zero was presented on the motto “Learning Arts Starts From ZERO” and was designed to be a festival to celebrate the art and culture by Office of Knowledge Management and Development (OKMD). Albert Einstein once said, “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” From past to present, the new bodies of knowledge and innovation, introduced to that of countless human inventions, were all created from pure imagination.

For this reason, the Office of Knowledge Management and Development has established the festival of arts and culture under the name of project ZERO, in order to create opportunities for the public, especially the youth, to experience new things that may trigger their minds, and appetite for imagination within the various fields of art.

Scientific data reveals that human produces new brain cells each time they experience and learn something new. Sadly, people tend not to explore venture outside of the proverbial box and explore new paradigm. Project “ZERO” encouraged visitors to open their mind and soul to new perspectives and imaginations, that differed from what most had experienced before.

Likewise, pertaining to Buddhism, “ZERO” can be interpreted as the “emptiness” that may well lead to enlightenment”. Therefore, Project “ZERO” was not only considered as an arts and cultural event, but also as a mind and soul awakening event.

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Project “ZERO” Exhibitions and Activities

“FORWARD” is an exhibition of artwork by undergraduate students from the Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts at Chulalongkorn University. This activity simulated fundamental design classroom that serves as a prerequisite for creativity. It included 2D and 3D. “FORWARD” took place in the Atrium Hall of Chulalongkorn University and was held from June 09^th – June 11^th.

“EXPERIENCE” is an artfully presented eclectic collection of creative works by university students and new generation artists. This exhibition introduced fresh experiences to everyone through an assortment of art forms that included paintings, sculptures, photography and video. Participants were selected for their abilities to produce artwork that deviated from society’s typical, artistic frame of mind. “EXPERIENCE” was held from June 09^th – June 11^th. The Exhibitions in the section was the following:

1. ALEX
2. Patiroop Chychookiat
3. Porntaweesak Rimsakul
4. Yuree Kensaku
5. Sutee Kunavichayanont
6. Udom taephanich
7. Top Changtrakul
8. Anuttapon Srutongprasert
9. Noree Thammarak
10. Sathit Sattarasart
11. Nopchai Ungkavatanapong
12. Kamol Phaosavasdi
13. Suradchok Saengthumchai
14. Tawwsak Srithongdee
15. Angkrit Ajchariyasophon
16. Prateep Suthathongthai
17. Supernoyz

“DESIGNERS OF THE YEAR 2006 – 2007″ Presented the Excellence Prize Awards results for the year 2007. For the third time, the Designer Award ceremony has been organized by the Decorative Arts Faculty of Silpakorn University. The awards are divided into 5 categories, which are furniture design, product design, ceramics design, jewelry design and fashion & fabric design. The “DESIGNERS OF THE YEAR 2006 – 2007″ took place in Chulalongkorn University’s Atrium Hall from June 4^th – June 14^th.

“MUSIC & SOUND EXPERIMENTAL” This event included experimental music and sound performances by contemporary artists and introduced new forms of synthetic and acoustic music as well as innovative production techniques. Audiences will travel on an imaginative, audio journey with a grou of experimental musicians who are at the forefront of this scene in Thailand. The line up featured: Khun Petch Osathanugra, Mr. Koichi Shimizu and Khun Akritchalerm Kalayanamitr from SO-ON, Khun June from Stylist Non Sense, Khn Bank from Red Twenty. “MUSIC & SOUND EXPERIMENTAL” was held outside of Central World Trade from June 9^th – June 10^th.

“THE FACTOR” is a graphic arts exhibition with an umbrella theme of the present. With collaboration between Display Egazine, OKMD and Thailand Knowledge Park (TK Park) the exhibition presented contemporary graphic design and animation. “THE FACTOR” was held on June 9^th at TK Park on the 8^th Floor of Central World. Artists included:

1. Be Our Friend
2. Bangkok 2
3. B.O.R.E.D
4. Duck Unit
5. Default
6. Display Egazine
7. Slowmotion
8. Splimland
9. Imagimax

“LAB ZERO” was a station that examined cognitive procedures with Vanessa Race from Genius Creator Company Limited. After the discovers and experience from the festival, everyone was invited to join in exercising rational thinking and analyzing art and cognition together. All attendees had opportunities to be a part of and experience creative processes with many artists at “Project ZERO”.

Central World Trade Center

Central World is a large shopping mall and office complex in Bangkok owned by the Central Group. In 2006, after three years of design and renovation, the expanded, 550,000-square-meter mall was opened, topping its nearby rival Siam Paragon in terms of size. The mall is the largest shopping center in Southeast Asia and larger than Hong Kong’s Ocean Terminal. Originally called the World Trade Center, the eight-story mall was opened in 1990. The Central Group acquired the property in 2002 from the Wang Petchaboon group and soon thereafter renamed it Central World Plaza and in 2005 rechristened it Central World. It is on Crown Property Bureau land. In its acquisition, the Central Group’s property development arm, Central Pattana Plc, secured a new 30-year lease on the site.

Anticipating the opening of the luxury Siam Paragon, Central Pattana started massive renovations and expansion on the site in 2003. The original mall structure was 300,000 square meters. The expansion plans boosted that to 550,000 square meters. Though the work hadn’t yet been completed, Central held an official opening of the renovated complex on July 21, 2006, and it was expected to be fully operational by October 2006. As of May 2007 the mall has fully opened but some premises in parts of the upper floors remain yet vacant. Major exterior construction is ongoing on the hotel situated in the northwest corner of the mall and the extension floors to the Zen department store in southeast corner.

The renovated complex aims to attract 150,000 customers per day, purchasing more than 7 billion baht annually. It is marketing itself as a upper class shopping destination, opposed to the middle class-marketed Siam Paragon. Further plans call for a convention center and hotel at the site.

CentralWorld is located in Pathum Wan district at the Ratchaprasong Intersection in one of Bangkok’s busiest shopping and tourism districts. The Gaysorn shopping center and Big C Ratchadamri are opposite CentralWorld on Ratchadamri Road, as is the Erawan Shrine. Amarin Plaza and the Central Chit Lom department store are nearby, as are Siam Paragon, Siam Center, MBK Center, Platinum Fashion Mall and Pantip Plaza.

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