Baan Noorg Collaborative Arts and Culture

Baan Noorg Collaborative Arts and Culture functions as an alternative, interdisciplinary art program for developing contemporary art and cultural production projects for the local and global community. Baan Noorg has initiated many programs and contributions to the Nongpo community and others. Baan Noorg’s programs and activities are run by both government and private institutions and foundations.

In 2011, the duo “Jiandyin” (Jiradej Meemalai and Pornpilai Meemalai) founded Baan Noorg Collaborative Arts and Culture www.baannoorg.org, a not-to-profit artist initiative that runs art and cultural, artist in residency, curatorial, interdisciplinary exchange and off-school programs, located in Nongpo community, Ratchaburi, Thailand. Baan Noorg’ participated in Thailand Biennale Chiang Rai (Thailand, 2023) and “documenta fifteen” (Germany, 2022).

Jiandyin is an interdisciplinary artist/curator duo. The duo lives and works in Ratchaburi, Thailand, and their work approaches artistic research, field work, genealogically layered with references to multiple sources and evidence, forms and matters upon a wide range of disciplines and mediums, with collaboration and social engagement. Jiandyin creates space/platform or situation to analyze relationships between man and society in relation to context and history of the place and space, issues regarding the political conflict or effect on marginalized groups which is a paradox of nation-state.