Songs without lyrics, 2014-2016
Songs Without Lyrics reveals how political ideology circulates through everyday sound and repetition. Music functions as a subtle form of propaganda, embedding authority within familiar rhythms and emotional attachment. Over time, this repetition normalises control, allowing political messaging to dissolve into background noise.
Through three video installations—“III” (2014), “She Sings a Voiceless Song” (2015), and “The Conductor” (2016)—the project stages different social positions: manual labourers, the middle class, and elites. Each figure performs a distinct gesture of searching, struggling, or commanding, reflecting how power is absorbed, negotiated, and reproduced across social strata.
The work exposes how ideology operates through ordinary gestures, bodies, and routines. By placing these figures within darkened, constrained environments, the project traces how political soundscapes shape emotional life, discipline behaviour, and structure belonging within contemporary Thai society.
