the day miami took over bangkok

Last month, Freegums and Jen Stark and Juan Angel Chavez and P7 were brought together by Logan Bay to collaborate on Free-Size. The idea was to bring in a few artists from all over (Miami, Chicago, Bangkok) to spend some time laboring at the Sinudom Silk Screen Factory in Bang Khun Thian, a suburb of Bangkok, and deliver the world a product after one week.

After six arduous days of cross town driving, silk screening, paint mixing, fabric tearing, fabric cutting, wood chopping, t-shirt designing, interview giving, beer drinking and curry eating madness, the crew shared their creations with the part of the world that happened to be in and around BKK. The catch is that you had to bring yourself to the far flung outskirts of the city to see it. This turned out to be a very good thing since it kept the action far away from the meddlesome protests (still!) taking place in the heart of town.

For those who made it to the show, Free-Size had lots to offer: highly suggestive stuffed animals and grotesquely dope wall pieces courtesy of P7, fabrics in 3-D from Juan, snakes on a fabric by Freegums, what might be the last time Jen Stark works with fabric, 500THB tote bags, freshly screened tees, delicious Thai curry, traditional fermented Thai water (also known as Singha beer) and dancing giraffes. All courtesy of Apexart, the people who funded the show (and not to mention a helluva nice pre-party).

That all went down on March 13th, the day Freegums and Jen Stark (and Juan Angel Chavez and P7) took over (the outskirts of) Bangkok. ;)

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