In 2024, Tharinee Ratanasatien and Nawarat Welployngam joined an artist residency programme in the UK. Unlike their counterparts in Thailand, the creative professionals had access to structural support.
In the aftermath of Brexit, however, cuts in project funding revealed that over-reliance on external aid could backfire.
"Rather than learning from them, we ended up learning from each other. If there is not A or B, there should be C," said Tharinee.