MITI @ Venice Biennale 2013

<p>  </p> <p> <strong>Imagining ACQUA ALTA </strong></p> <p>  </p> <p> <strong>Miti Ruangkritya</strong></p> <p> Thai photographer</p> <p>  </p> <p> SOLO EXHIBITION</p> <p>  </p> <p> <strong>During the Venice Biennale</strong></p> <p> 1 June - 24 November 2013</p> <p>  </p> <p> <strong>Private and press preview </strong>29 - 30 - 31 May 2013</p> <p> <strong>Opening party</strong> 1 June 2013</p> <p>  </p> <p> <strong>ICI - Istituto Culturale Internazionale</strong></p> <p> <strong>Magazzino del Caffe’ </strong></p> <p> Rio Marin - Santa Croce 923 - Venezia</p> <p> Fermata Vaporetto : Ferrovia or Riva de biasio</p> <p> Contact : <a href="mailto:info@icivenice.com">info@icivenice.com</a></p> <p>  </p> <p> <u><strong>- ABOUT Imagining ACQUA ALTA by Miti Ruangkritya</strong></u></p> <p>  </p> <p> <strong>For the Venice Biennale 2013, under the title Imagining AQUA ALTA, the curators of ICI - Magazzino del Caffe’ Chi Phan and Olivier Perpoint, wish to present a photos selection of the emerging Thai photographer Miti Ruangkritya as his first outbound solo exhibition.</strong></p> <p>  </p> <p> His photographic study of the 2011 mega floods in Bangkok, captures the foreboding and surreal nature of the event by presenting the flood in a dreamlike, otherworldly way.</p> <p>  </p> <p> Bangkok is at many points similar to Venice concerning the reasons to flood: canals alteration, new buildings, global warming, soil texture, tides.</p> <p>  </p> <p> With the aim of cross culture encounters and questioning, Miti Ruangkritya’s photographic work around water element at night enlightens these two similar surreal aspects of Venice and Bangkok.</p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> <a href="http://www.mi-ti.com/files/gimgs/4_mitimg6382.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="http://www.mi-ti.com/files/gimgs/4_mitimg6382.jpg"></a></p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> <u><strong>- ABOUT Miti Ruangkritya</strong></u></p> <p>                Bangkok - 1981</p> <p>  </p> <p> <strong>Miti Ruangkritya an emerging artist who has won many international photographic competitions, was born in Bangkok in 1981. He graduated with an MA in photojournalism from University of Westminster, London, in 2008.</strong></p> <p> <a href="http://www.mi-ti.com" target="_blank">www.mi-ti.com</a></p> <p>  </p> <p>  <strong>AWARDS</strong>  </p> <p> <strong>2012</strong></p> <p> ‘Honourable Mentions', Magenta Flash Forward - Emerging Photographers, UK, 2012   </p> <p> 'Silver Medal' (Fine Art, Landscape/Professional), Prix de la Photographie (PX3), Paris, 2012</p> <p> Honourable Mentions (Deeper Perspective &amp; Night Photography/professional) - International Photography Awards, 2012, USA</p> <p> <strong>2011</strong></p> <p> 'Selected Winners', Magenta Flash Forward - Emerging Photographers, UK, 2011</p> <p> 
</p> <p> <strong>SOLO EXHIBITION</strong></p> <p> <strong>2013</strong></p> <p> <a href="http://www.kathmandu-bkk.com/exhibition_future01.html">'Imagining Flood', Kathmandu Gallery, Bangkok,</a><strong> </strong></p> <p>  </p> <p> <strong>GROUP EXHIBITIONS</strong></p> <p> <strong>2013</strong></p> <p> <a href="http://artfairslondon.com/">Art13, London 2013</a></p> <p> <a href="http://www.chobimela.org/south-east-asian-photography-curated-by-francoise-callier/">Chobi Mela, Bangladesh, 2013</a></p> <p> <strong>2012</strong></p> <p> <a href="http://sipf.sg/sipf2012/open-call-exhibitors/">Singapore International Photography Festival, 2012</a></p> <p> <a href="http://www.px3.fr/">Prix de la Photographie (PX3), Escape Dupon, Paris 2012</a></p> <p> <a href="http://temporary-storage.tumblr.com/">"Temporary Storage #01", Bangkok Art and Cultural Centre, 2012</a></p> <p> <strong>2011</strong></p> <p> <a href="http://www.messysky.com/">"Space Shift" featured in 'Messy Sky' no 00, vol 2, Le Plateau, Paris, 2011</a></p> <p> <a href="http://www.foto8.com/new/online/photo-stories/1440-summershow-2011-shortlisted">"Foto8 Summer Show", Host Gallery, London, 2011</a></p> <p> <strong>2009</strong></p> <p> "Off The Page", Ambika P3, MA Degree, London, 2009</p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> <u><strong>- ABOUT The Art Book: Imagining Flood</strong></u></p> <p> Limited edition of 100 copies</p> <p>  </p> <p> The book Imagining Flood, printed in a limited edition of 100 copies, will be on sale at <a href="http://www.nerodiseppiavenezia.com/" target="_blank">the next door concept store Nero di Sepia</a> and in <a href="http://www.priceminister.com/boutique/ICI_Venice" target="_blank">the ICI Online Shop</a>.</p> <p>  </p> <p> <a href="http://www.mi-ti.com/book/imagining-flood/" target="_blank">http://www.mi-ti.com/book/imagining-flood/</a></p> <p>  </p> <p> <a href="http://www.mi-ti.com/files/gimgs/37_12imagining-flood.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="http://www.mi-ti.com/files/gimgs/37_12imagining-flood.jpg"></a></p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> <u><strong>- More details and informations for the curious</strong></u></p> <p>  </p> <p> <a href="http://icivenice.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/ici-miti-biennale-di-venezia-eng-4.jpg" target="_blank">Link to About the Imagining Acqua Alta museography</a></p> <p> <a href="http://www.mi-ti.com/about/" target="_blank">Link to About Miti’s press publications</a></p> <p> <a href="http://icivenice.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/ici-miti-eng-imagining-acqua-alta-bkk-venise.jpg" target="_blank">“Why Bangkok, why Venice” by the Curators of Imagining ACQUA ALTA</a></p> <p>  </p> <p> <u><strong>- Miti’s interview</strong></u></p> <p> <a href="http://icivenice.wordpress.com/?attachment_id=309" target="_blank">Link to Read the interview</a></p>