The theme of ARTJOG 2024 'Motif: Ramalan' is a guide to invite visitors to interpret, speculate and dialogue with works of art, uncovering the mysteries within them.

Alisa Chunchue's works from the series 'Crashing' and 'Wound' is a part of 'The

Resonance Project', a project that emerged from her diary of her experience in hospital. 'Crashing' is inspired by a book written by American neurosurgeon Paul

Kalanithi, 'When Breath Becomes Air'. In his book, Kalanithi discusses that the root of the word 'disaster' means a shattered star, an image that expresses the look in the patient's eyes when hearing the diagnosis. The word then speculates about the destruction of lives and families torn apart by some diseases, a state of devastation felt both physically and mentally.

The project was developed as an analogy for the artist's personal experience and then expressed interpretively through artistic practice. The works 'A star coming apart' and 'Falling from a late night', 'Following the light', thus refer to fragments of information that suddenly appeared in her mind--originating from dreams, nostalgia, hallucinations and a phenomenon formed by the physical force of falling and bouncing. 'Wound', is a meditative procedure inspired by the autopsy wounds on human cadavers at the Condon Anatomy Museum in Bangkok. The surgical suture and running suture pattern are then replicated on paper and using glass as the medium. The drawing process consists of studying and replicating surgical sutures, following the direction of the needle thrust into the flesh, and charting patterns for consistent intervals.

Chunchue questions the process of scar transformation by relying on her own surgical experience and the autopsy scars on her lover's body, which are remnants that leave traces on the body and memories: whether the wound will heal or not. Chunchue uses a pencil in the same way a surgeon's syringe penetrates flesh. In other words, this repetitive drawing process was a meditation that motivated her to fully recover from her state of devastation and grief. The glass installation, 'Invisible Sutures' developed from the meditative drawings in which stitching patterns are transformed into a material language. Chunchue works with glass as a material that needs to be handled carefully during the production process. Fragility is important in both materials and how we gently care for the body. The 'Wound' series centers on the time and process of creating the work, rather than the meaning behind the images. Presenting 'Crashing' and 'Wound' in the same room allows for a conversation about the present and the future. 'The Resonance Project' emerges from the speculative nature of being in the present (Crashing) to the meditative process of embracing oneself for the future (Wound).