CIVIBADemocracy and Civic Practices

Project

Khon Kaen Manifesto

Khon Kaen · Northeast (Isan) · Thailand

Art and territoryReuse of vacancy2018

Grassroots biennial set up in 2018 to decentralise Thai contemporary art from the north-east. The first edition occupied, without asking permission, an office building left unfinished by the 1997 crisis, and the authorities ordered a work about a jailed activist to be covered. The 2020 edition took place in a former brothel, with a sister show in an abandoned school in Ubon. It invited artists turned down by the official biennials. No editions have been found since its founder died in 2022.

Led by
An Isan art critic and former university lecturer (died 2022) with independent artists
Status
Unknown
Participation
Community led
Visitable
No, it was a pop-up biennial in abandoned buildings
Contact
No public contact on record
Last reviewed
27 September 2026

Verification

Partially verified

This place has at least one source on record and awaits a second one for contrast. Full verification will arrive in the review phase of the atlas.

  • Verified two sources including a primary one, or first-hand knowledge of the place
  • Partial one source on record
  • Unverified starting knowledge, sources pending

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