This research residency would not only benefit us as a group of young institutionally-unrecognized artists, but also as persons in exile, whose cultural-political works can only be executed in the context of Western Europe. Having this paradox in mind (regarding state-censorship in Thailand yet the colonial legacy of Germany), we want to utilize this “freedom” in order to bring forth alternative ways of interactive theater.

Defrosting Thai Culture – The clash of traditional Southeast Asian storytelling and diasporic reality.