Wuttin Chansataboot

Wuttin Chansataboot is a Thai media artist whose practice navigates the confluence of art, science, and philosophy. With a background that spans experimental film, multi-media installation, and digital systems, his work probes the unstable terrain between human perception and technological mediation. As both practitioner and researcher, Chansataboot approaches artistic creation as a mode of inquiry—one that seeks not only to express but to unravel, to question, and to reconfigure the structures through which meaning and subjectivity are formed.
 
At the heart of his practice lies a deep engagement with the concept of language in its most expansive sense. For Chansataboot, language is not limited to verbal or textual communication, but emerges as a broad field of symbolic systems—spanning from programming syntax and DNA sequences to algorithmic behavior and machine perception. These lexicons, he suggests, constitute the shared protocols of exchange between the human and the non-human, the organic and the artificial, the seen and the computationally inferred.
 
His work often unfolds through the interplay of data, motion, and time—drawing on tools such as moving image, coding, telecommunication technologies and artificial intelligence to render what is otherwise intangible. These mediums serve not simply as instruments, but as conceptual agents, allowing him to explore how fluid, impermanent datasets can be transfigured into aesthetic experiences. What emerges are poetic systems of transformation: installations that translate microbial DNA into sound or motion, generative visuals that disrupt and recompose digital identities, or algorithmic interventions that mirror the mutability of contemporary existence.
 
Chansataboot’s artistic investigations are as much about perception as they are about presence. His works do not offer closure but rather dwell in states of ambiguity and emergence—calling attention to the instability of form, the fragility of meaning, and the constant negotiation between subject and system. In this way, his art opens a space where the symbolic and the material, the logical and the lyrical, converge in new and evocative constellations.

Year of Production: 2024-2025
Country of Origin: South Korea/ Thailand
Medium: Video

Concept:
Sea waves form an essential part of ocean behaviour. They shape the shores and carve the rocks with their force and pressure. In the spiritual realm, the waves represent the change in flow we face throughout life. Waves represent the movement of energy within the majesty of the sea. When the ocean gets too agitated, the waves become mightier and cause irreparable damage. However, when they are slow and mellow, they bring life to the calm ocean. The significance of water is hidden somewhere deep within its transparency. Because of its flow and movement, it is a symbol of change and flexibility.
 
Utilizing computer vision technology and layers of computer-generated graphics over the image of sea water observed from the top view by means of aerial videography, “Tracing the Curve” is an attempt to decode the behavior of ocean through the movement of sea waves, rushing the shore in particular places, which is, in the context of this artwork, metaphorically employed as the mother earth, Gaia’s physical gesture and emotional expression in response to environmental issues caused by human being.
The image of cobweb-like network formed by wiggling lines, shapes and numbers, which looks like constellations, also acts as a symbol of complex connections between geographical areas and nations woven by navigations over the fluidity of the sea water. 

Technical Details:
File format / Dimensions: mp4 (H.264), silent, Full HD (1920x1080 pixels)
Duration (for video/film works): 4:12 mins (silent)