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My curatorial/research is based on histories and social activism
of the Southeast Asian (and queer) migrants in the divided Germany
(which means, former socialism in the East, and “liberalism” in the West)


CURATORIALS

Contemporary arts-related



    In Nobody’s Service


Group exhibition on Thai and Filipina women/queer migration histories to West Germany (Bundesrepublik)

Part of collective un.thai.tled’s artistic research into the topic / Galerie Wedding / 7th March to 18th May 2024

(Website) (E-Flux)
(Podcast EP - Oroko Radio) (Podcast EP - Cashmere Radio)
(TAZ Article - “Nicht mehr zu Diensten”)





    Where is my karaoke? How did we meet?


Archive corner at “Echoes of the Brother Countries” / Haus der Kulturen der Welt / March - May 2024

(Publication can be ordered at Archive Books)




    Where is my karaoke? Let’s sing along and sing away


Mixed media and archival material installation on Vietnamese, Laos and Cambodian music and histories in former East Germany (GDR)
(co-curated with Phuong Phan)

Part of “Re-Connect: Art and Struggle in Brotherland” (curated by Sithara Weerathunga and Marcus Hurttig) /
Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig / 17 May - September 2023 /

(Website)
(Publication can be ordered at Hirmer Press)
 

   

    Where is my karaoke? Still, we sing



Exhibition and programme on Vietnamese, Laos and Cambodian world-making practices and exchanges in former East Germany (GDR) /
(co-curated with Phuong Phan)

Art Space D21 Leipzig / 25 May - 2 October 2022

(D21 website)


   

Beyond the kitchen: Stories from the Thai Park / Archive of Thai migration in Germany


March-July 2020; ongoing research

(museum website)

at Bezirksmuseum Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, 2020 / funded by Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Europa, Bezirksamt
Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf and Goethe-Institut Thailand








utamachote
ษาณฑ์ อุตมโชติ
“Because I am human”



cultural producer/
film director /
curator

- based in berlin

Sarnt Utamachote © 2024

FILMOGRAPHY  
CURATORIALS - Cinema
CURATORIALS - Contemporary arts
PUBLICATIONS
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