The Land Part II

May I introduce you to The Land. Outside Chiang Mai in northern Thailand there's a mini utophia. An area bought by two Thai artists, and developed into a non-profit foundation where artists from all over the world are invited to create different art/projects. There's organic farming, tree houses in weird shapes and different environmentally friendly inventions. Kamin, who's one of the founders, also showed us his sculpture studio in the forest. What a life!







Quote The Land: "Initiated in 1998, the land was the merging of ideas by different artists to cultivate a place of and for social engagement.

The land is located in proximity to the village of Sanpatong, a twenty minutes drive from the center of the provincial capital Chiang Mai. As some rice farmers are having difficult times in the area, due to the levels of floods and high water level, rice farming has not been very productive. Because of this, some rice fields in the area have been offered for development, as the rice farmers are looking to find better areas for the fields.

Though initially the action to aquire the rice fields were initiated by two artists from Thailand, the land was initiated with anonymity and with out the concept of ownership. The land was to be cultivated as an open space, though with certain intentions towards community, towards discussions and towards experimentation in other fields of thoughts."

Anyone can visit, check it out on: www.thelandfoundation.org