Drunken Mushroom Syndrome

Описание: Drunken Mushroom Syndrome, 2025
(Fungi in Your Headlights)
by Arnont Nongyao
Sound installation part of “Fungi in Your Headlights” exhibition
6 the repurposed flat wooden speaker panel , sound system 12 channels
(2’5” speakers), 12 media players, electric cables, 1 wood chair.
at Panic Room (DC Collection), Chiang Mai.
The piece explores the acoustic reflection at a cave entrance, a
transitional boundary where sound waves from within and outside the cave
overlap. This creates an abnormal sonic condition that surrounds us,
enveloping the body before we journey inside. The six mushroom-shaped
wooden plates serve a dual purpose, acting as both sound receivers and
reflectors. The installation features 12 sounds played back from recordings
made in and around caves in the UK and Thailand. The piece can be heard
from a conversational distance, but the listener is invited to lean their ear
against the plates, allowing the vibration to permeate and create another
sound to be heard.
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“Fungi in Your Headlights” (Sing of Taahms) the exhibition features
three sound installation pieces by Arnont, alongside two video art works
developed in collaboration between NooN collective and Arnont.
‘…The atmosphere within the cave, like a dialogue with darkness,
unfolds imagination beyond any boundary, revealing new paths of
existence, allowing us to utter across time and uncertainty together…’
NooN Collective from the UK and Thai sound artist Arnont Nongyao
explored the sound and myceloid communication of living organisms within
caves. By linking Satun UNESCO Global Geopark in Thailand and the
English Riviera UNESCO Global Geopark in Torquay, UK, it weaves
ecological and cultural threads between the two regions. They have woven
their abstract discoveries from the caves into a sound and moving-image
installation. The exhibition invites audiences to step into darkness, awaken
their senses and journey back to a primordial time when our relationship
with the world was still fresh, intimate, and boundless in imagination.

This exhibition is part of TAAHM, a project funded by the British Council’s
International Collaboration Grants. Produced by CAC - Chiang Mai Art
Conversation and Filament Works CIC.

Artists collaborated : Arnont Nongyao with NooN collective ( Emilio Mula, Ric
Byer, Clare Parker)
Produced by CAC - Chiang Mai Art Conversation and Filament Works CIC
Project manager in Thailand Atikom Mukdaprakorn
Project manager in UK Nat Palin
Project advisor Som Supaparinya
Artist assistant Kritsada Phonchai
Exhibition coordinator Piyathida Inta
Graphic designer Krai Sridee and Noppakorn Larpgerd
Exhibition setup New Found Art Handler
Sound engineer Siwat Maksuwan and Achita Chantharaket
Photos and video by Peasadet Compiranont
more info : https://www.taahm.art