Bangkok Art & Culture Centre is a public establishment dedicated to developing modern and contemporary art, while also serving as a learning platform for the public. Located at Pathumwan Junction in the heart of Bangkok, BACC believes that arts and culture contribute to the enrichment of both individual and communal life.
People’s Gallery Emerging Creators is an annual initiative of BACC aimed at nurturing the talents of promising young curators. An open call is typically held a year before the event, selectively selecting art curators from across Asia. People’s Gallery Emerging Creators then gives selected curators the opportunity to execute their concepts in a month-long exhibition at BACC’s independent gallery space. The project aims to enhance curator processes in exhibition management and presentation. It also aims to expand understanding of the curator’s role. The project initiative aims to enhance and support Thailand’s art ecosystem, as well as elevate the standards of art exhibitions to meet international benchmarks.
One of the themes of the People’s Gallery Emerging Creators exhibition in 2025-2026 is “Layer by Layer,” curated by young Indonesian curator Amirahvelda Priyono. Layer by Layer explores how memories, both personal, cultural, and historical, are formed. This exhibition focuses on how humans experience remembering, interpreting, and reinterpreting the world. This theme is close to everyday life, because the subjects in it mirror everyday life: the deepening of identity, information processing, and how we navigate layers of narrative in the contemporary world.
Layer by Layer is curated by Amirahvelda Priyono, an art writer, researcher, and a promising young curator from Indonesia. Amirahvelda focuses on modern and contemporary art, especially in the Southeast Asia region. After completing her education at Padjajaran University and Lasalle College of Art, Amirahvelda explores the art world through the lens of political narratives and post-war memory, primarily using visual art. Layer by Layer is her second work as a curator, and her first outside of Indonesia. Her curatorial debut, titled Memungut Ingatan Meramu Harapan (Collecting Memories, Mixing Hopes), was exhibited at the Jogja Biennale on October 18th. In Layer by Layer, Amirahvelda brings together four accomplished artists from Thailand and Indonesia—Anuwat Apimukmongkon, Nanut Thanapornrapee, Octora, and Moch. Krismon Ariwijaya. The event will be divided into five parts, from December 2, 2025, to January 6, 2026. Layer by Layer targets 80,000 to 120,000 visitors in 35 days of exhibition.
Thai artist Nanut Thanapornrapee is a filmmaker who uses experimental film to convey messages. Nanut focuses on alternative approaches to history—questioning how technology reshapes the way we imagine cultural narratives. In Layer by Layer, Nanut presented his work, “This History is Auto-Generated: History Bureau Agent,” a seven-minute video that explores the possibilities of imagining political reality, writing history, and memory. This video art narrates a secret military operations base involved in creating and controlling history. Using Pable Indonesia’s Sekir Putih Puyeh fabric as a projection screen, Nanut’s work invites the viewer to reflect on the history that clothes individuals. Made from recycled textiles, Pable’s fabric symbolized rewoven, shredded, and repurposed memories. The idea for this presentation also highlights how recycled materials reflect society as an author of rewriting history.
This collaboration between a Thai artist and an Indonesian curator and business is a gateway to stronger connections in the fields of art and sustainability. This would also mean so much for the cause –a proof that art can be a strong medium to pass messages of sustainability and circularity, as well as political consciousness and social justice.
