ANURAK TANYAPALIT

The Good People’s Hand 

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(Video 5.20 minute)

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Changeable ask my professor, Gallery Seascape, Chiang Mai, 2014

 

Art@RumpaiLoft Habitat at  Rumpai Loft Habitat, Chiang Mai, 2014

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The culture and belief concerning the idealistic traits of people in accordance with ancient horoscope, link human physical traits to skills or talents. This belief categorizes members in society by their traits, competencies, and classes. In addition, society nowadays seeks real good people. Hence, the characteristics of good people’s hands are determined by the concept that people who possess certain types of hands are good ones that fit the needs of society.

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In ancient beliefs, there were predictions of the characteristics of various hands, such as the Philosophic Hand, Artistic Hand, or the Warrior's Hand. Why is there no indication of the personal characteristics of a good person? In this piece, I have recreated the prophecy of the hand of a good man. The second subject to do good deeds is depicted in the video by a child wearing a boy scout uniform doing hand exercises to make my hand look like a good man's hand.