When entering the exhibition "City Adaptation Lab!" at Bangkok Art & Culture Centre (BACC), visitors cannot miss the sculpture Rok-Ra-Bat (Pandemic) by Kaninyan Chandrasma. It is a broken tube sitting on a tall pedestal. According to the description, one small silver dot breaks out from the broken tube and multiplies into numerous silver dots which resemble a pandemic spreading around the world. If visitors take a closer look at the silver dots, they will see their reflections in each. This raises the question if the origin of the pandemic is people.
Rok-Ra-Bat is one of 15 creations at "City Adaptation Lab!" which represent 15 urban issues from various artists and creators. The issues include acid rain, PM2.5, food contamination, overcrowding, flooding, traffic jams, noise pollution and stress. Vipavee Kunavichayanont, a guest curator of the exhibition, explained that the concept of "City Adaptation Lab!" is how people adapt to changes.
