Air Pollution Art Exhibition in Bangkok

An art work, titled Memory, features life-sized depictions of a child. The piece was created using paper mache, which was then covered in dust collected from steel industry in Saraburi province, Thailand. The art work is created by a Thai artist, Ruangsak Anuwatwimon and exhibited at the Bangkok Art and Culture Center. It aims to raise public awareness on the impacts of air pollution and calls upon the Pollution Control Department to upgrade Thailand’s Air Quality Index (AQI) and enforce preventive measures on microscopic dust particles smaller than 2.5 microns (PM 2.5) in order to protect public health.

Unique identifier: GP0STRFV7

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Shoot date: 16/01/2018

Locations: Bangkok, Southeast Asia, Thailand

Credit line: © Baramee Temboonkiat / Greenpeace

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Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Air Pollution Art Exhibition in Bangkok

An art exhibition launched by Greenpeace, highlights the invisible threats of Thailand’s air pollution.

The exhibition, “Right to Clean Air-- The Art Exhibition”, mounted at the Bangkok Art and Culture Center is organised in collaboration with Thai artist Ruangsak Anuwatwimon. It features installations created with dust from air pollution gathered from the country’s most polluted provinces.

The events are part of a series of public activities organised by Greenpeace Southeast Asia to raise public awareness about air pollution, and shed light on the need for urgent solutions to upgrade the country’s Air Quality Index (AQI) by monitoring and regulating air pollution with microscopic dust particles smaller than 2.5 microns, which poses serious public health hazards.

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