1993 APT1 Conference : Identity, tradition and change

-5- Fourth, is the "EARTH TREATMENT", exhibited at Silpakorn University Art Gallery in Bangkok, saying about the environment. To keep it balance, man must realize its value and spirit and feel gratitude to nature. The reflection of human-being in the mirror is the key to answer who can maintain the fertility of nature. The fifth project is about water, named "TO TURN A BLIND EYE ON CHAO PHRAYA RIVER", exhibited this may at the National Art Gallery in Bangkok. The concept is about the contarmination of Chao Phraya River. Due to the rapid growth of industry and the selfishness of mankind, Chao Phraya was neglected, used as a trashbin for waste water and garbage, dumpings from industrial factory, hotel, condominium, household and from the ten million population in this city. Chao Phraya is now struggling against death by losing his capacity to heal himself naturally. His life is worse than ever and critically polluted. Not only the water of Chao Phraya is destroyed, but also the degreee of oxygen has decreased makedly. It affects fish and lives in the water which have been vanished. And now, who will dare to answer the unbearble question of how to live without the Chao Phraya which is the only great bloodline for Thais. n