Silent Dialogue

August 2021 | at Saratta | in collaboration with Navin Tantanadaecha

Nature presents us with tangible truths. However, while we interact with such truths through our senses, we instead interpret them with our abstract feelings. Such abstractions are compiled with our emotional depths to further enhance who we are, our “selves”, and how we view the world.

Many of us are captivated by the exploration of these emotional depths — the depths of which we have been accumulating and over time have formed our unique selves. As we begin to peel off our pretenses and start to acknowledge our individual selves, we may also begin to feel blissful as our minds become pure and free.

The simplicity of natural environments brings silence, calmness, and serenity, which allow for a process of self-exploration. Thus, when we deliberate the surrounding nature, we are also deliberating our minds. The process of reflection under an interplay between tangible truths and abstract emotions can bring forth a deliberation of our senses and of our minds. Here begins a mental journey of self-reflection.

Wan and Navin give importance to the aesthetic of silence as it is the beginning of self-reflection, yet their works are created in regard to their different selves.

Wan — The impression in the ephemeral moments of truthin nature is captured through photography. In a way, it presents the grandeur of nature, and in another, it accepts the temperament of time.

Navin — Pigment, water, and paper are all products of nature, which are choreographed into unique aesthetics and incorporated with the self of its creator.

The relationship between Wan’s and Navin’s works is a “Silent Dialogue” that invites serenity and reflection in the minds of a uniquely different audience.

All photographs in this exhibition are available for limited prints of 3 only. Reach out to buy prints from the exhibition at Saratta's Private View or find out more about the exhibition at Saratta Space