Giant Twins was exhibited at the Bangkok Art Biennale 2018.  The sculpture was installed at the waterfront pavilion in front of the Buddhist temple of Wat Arun Ratchawararam Ratchawaramahawihan (hereinafter called ‘Wat Arun’).  Giant Twins was created from researching historical data of the early Rattanakosin period; the period of Wat Arun’s major restoration and the beginning of trading relations between Thailand and China.  Artisan techniques were exchanged whilst Chinese art and culture had been accepted among the local Thais and its popularity spread nationwide.  Apart from trading relationship where culture and tradition were exchanged, some Chinese craftsmen had settled down and worked in Thailand under the patronage of the royal court.  Subsequently, the arts and crafts during that period were thus a mix between Thai and Chinese aesthetics, which can be seen in many architectures within Wat Arun, Wat Phra Chetuphon Wimon Mangkhalaram (Wat Pho) and other temples nearby.

Giant Twins is a conjoined twin of a Thai giant and a Chinese Ballast (most Thai people call ‘Chinese giant’).  Thisconjoined idea refers to the original Siamese twins; Chang and Eng, who were born in Thailand at the beginning of the early Rattanakosin period.  Giant Twins presented a time period that Thailand and China had a close relationship; like siblings, on trading, diplomacy, cross-cultural exchange, tradition, including the fusion amongst people of two countries, which created an origin of Thai Chinese population who subsequently played a major role in driving Thailand forward.