Introduction
Actors and Actresses Agency is a collective action agency represented by Eda. Celebrating individuality - a journey where the landscape between art and fashion emerges. Each bodywork delivers an explanation through the different acts of performances, videos, or photographs.
EDA is an Actor yet also an Actress represented by Actors and Actresses Agency. Playing different roles in the creative landscape as Artist, Fashion Designer, Model, and Director herself but not only. Manifesting the unconventional acts based on non-conforming ideas.
The reimagined portrait series of EDA and herself visual manifestation has documented the consistent transformation. During these periods of time, She has been playing different roles in the societies finding herself the absolute truth through art and fashion.
The Artshit is Present
at Basel, Switzerland.
The Buddhism Development for Sales and Marketing (B.D.S.M.) - The latest collection 2023 mindfully represented by Edaeditions. The Buddha and Eda were presented and performed during Art Basel at Kleinbasel throughout the art week. The selected artshit of the artist was installed and displayed in and outside of the Rheingasse 11-13 sharing our presence with the audiences.
Love is in the HERMÉS
at Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum RJM Cologne, Germany
The large-scale textual installation was made from discarded Buddhist monk textiles collected by Eda Phanlert Sriprom. The project pays homage to the artist’s beloved Buddha and his teachings, which are both a symbol of love.
The installation will be presented in a public space where all visitors are invited to have an intimate experience with the Buddha, by physically engaging with the installation and eventually being transported into a direct experience of his teachings and wisdom.
One of the noble truths about Buddhism is that we must be and live in the present. The artist’s vision is to inspire visitors into self-realization, to reflect, and question the meaning of love beyond material forms, shapes, or colors – which is one of the most essential teachings of the Buddha.
Buddhism teaches that love is like the air we breathe, it’s the most essential part of life. Air is free and accessible, but we take it for granted, we value materialism/Hermes more than the love that is in the air.
Soulwhat Collection
at Ent Project - Bangkok, Thailand.
SOULWHAT questions the soulful relationship between arts, fashion, and religion through Eda, the Buddhist trans artist, and her sculptured pieces made from discarded Buddhist monk textiles. Eda has been collecting vintage objects including the discarded monk robes that are stowed away at the temples. in Thailand, they produce more robes than monks actually need. Each and every reimagined piece is individually sculptured by Eda in her kitchen in Berlin. They are collectible and sustainably made of collected Buddhist textiles.
Eda wants to give these discarded Buddhist textiles a new purpose and brings awareness of the unsolved situation to her audiences. this is how the first prototype of the SOULWHAT project took shape. Eda, as a Buddhist trans artist, inspires by the beauty of the Buddhist monk uniform in Thailand that ensemble one of a kind of fashion costume constructed of a singular rectangle of cotton material in saffron color. it was a moment when Eda encountered such a beauty. Eda has been working on wide-ranged artistic projects about fashion and Buddhism ever since.
SOULWHAT is more than just an aesthetic or style, eda has been associated with sustainable fashion practice. finding beauty and imperfection from the idea of sustainability and meaningful design, and all these are deeply rooted in Buddhist teaching — detaching yourself from the material world. Fashion is anything vanity but sustainability. it is not about what you wear but it is about how you wear it. the irresponsibly consuming choices cause harmful impacts. SOULWHAT by Eda offers reimagined collectible fashion based on a sustainable design solution, a soulful approach.
ARTIST - EDA ake LADYBOIL / PHOTOGRAPHER - SOM aka SOMROXYZ / HAIR - TETE aka DANGEROUSTETE / MUA - ISSY aka RAWESSISSY / CREWS/VIDEO - BOAT aka THATWASBOAT / CREWS/STYLISH - P aka PPLERN / COORDINATOR - PIMPORN aka PIMPORNO
Happy Buddha Installation
at Museum der Kultural Basel - Switzerland.
The Little Big Happy Buddha is a large-scale installation sculptured from discarded Buddhist monk textiles. The artist’s initial vision is to offer visitors an intimate experience with the Buddha.
One of the noble truths about Buddhism is that we must be and live in the present. This project must reflect that teaching. The Little Big Happy Buddha will be presented in the public space where all the visitors could potentially have an individual relationship with the installation themselves.
Buddhism is as essential as the Buddha. They simply are the symbol of happiness, but not only. Having those in mind, we will be physically engaged with the installation and eventually be transported into our spiritual journey. From this particular artistic approach, Art and Religious will be singular.
Happy Buddha Sculpture
The Happy Buddha reflects the symbol of Happiness. This collectible sculpture aims to encourage us to stay optimistic in the present moment yet aesthetically immense our lifestyle.
The Happy Buddha is simply made of noble material, Buddhist monk textile. The robes of Buddhist monks are part of a tradition going back 25 centuries to the time of the historical Buddha. The first monks wore robes patched together from rags. Eda has been collecting vintage objects that including the discarded monk robes that are stowed away at the temples. In Thailand, they produce more robes than monks actually need. Eda wanted to give this material a new purpose.
This is how the 1st Happy Buddha took shape. The Happy Buddha is locally made in Europe. Materials are sourced between Europe and Asia. Each piece will be created by hand. Each sculpture retains its own fabrication textures and different shades of oranges.
Documented Photography by JOHNTODS.
Ordination is a part of the learning journey in Buddhism. With the strict limitation to only men, it is almost impossible for other genders to get ordained in Thailand. As a commentary on the gender limitation in Buddhism, Eda, a Buddhist Thai transwoman, reincarnated her ritual of ordination into a spiritual uniform, made entirely out of the collective handkerchiefs, to resemble the Buddhist monk robe. This photography series, documented by JOHNTODS, raises questions about the roles one Buddhist could possibly achieve when they are on a spiritual journey in today's ever-changing gender identity society.
พระ•พุทธะ•เจ้าค่ะ | การเข้าถึงพุทธศาสนาโดยเฉพาะการบวช เป็นไปได้ยากสำหรับพุทธศาสิกชนที่ไม่มีเพศวิถีเป็นผู้ชาย ข้อจำกัดดังกล่าวได้ถูกนำมาการวิพากษ์ ผ่านพีธีกรรมการบวชจำลอง โดยนำผ้าเช็ดหน้าเป็นตัวแทนรูปแบบเครื่องแต่งกายที่มีลักษณะคล้ายผ้าจีวร เครื่องมือทางศิลปะเชิงทัศนศิลป์นี้ตั้งข้อสังเกตว่า พุทธศาสนิกชนสามารถทำอะไรได้และไม่ได้ ผ่านตัวตนและอัตลักษณ์ที่มีความหลากหลายในปัจจุบัน
"พระ-พุทธะ-เจ้าค่ะ" เป็นงานภาพถ่ายกึ่งสารคดีบันทึกโดย JOHN TODS ที่ตั้งคำถามต่อกระบวนการการก้าวข้ามทางจิตวิญญาณผ่านเครื่องนุ่งห่ม ซึ่งสงวนไว้ให้เพียงเพศชายตามกำเนิดเท่านั้น พันเลิศนำเสนอวิธีคิดให้ชำระล้างกรอบเกณฑ์ทางอัตลักษณ์ออกในยามเข้าสู่ร่มกาสาวพักตร์ผ่านผ้าเช็ดหน้าสีขาวซึ่งสื่อนัยยะถึงการเช็ด ที่ถูกถักทอจนขึ้นรูปคล้ายสบงและจีวรพระ สร้างความหมายผ่านเสื้อผ้า ที่เป็นเครื่องมือในการกำหนดบทบาทและหน้าที่
Crossing the Lines Group Exhibition
at SAC Gallery Bangkok, Thailand.
The group exhibition was curated by Kukasina Kubaha, Trithida Trising, and Panod Srinual. The exhibition weaves together stories of marginalized laborers, demarcated by different constructed ‘lines’ by 6 Thai women and queer contemporary artists from 4 June - 16 July 2022.
As fresh faces to the art circle, the three curators would like to invite viewers to immerse themselves in topics that are still quite silent in the art scene. "Crossing the Lines” takes viewers into the lives of marginalized laborers, threaded together by ‘lines’ that have been imposed upon us by an invisible hegemony. Throughout the exhibition, viewers are asked to transcend the lines of race, geographical borders, gender, and class to arrive at a space where we are all in solidarity.
“Crossing the Lines: แรงงานข้ามเส้น” นิทรรศการกลุ่มที่ออกแบบและพัฒนาโดยภัณฑารักษ์รุ่นใหม่ นำเสนอเรื่องราวหลากหลายแง่มุมของผู้ใช้แรงงาน ที่มักไม่ปรากฏในสื่อกระแสหลัก ร้อยเรียงเป็นเรื่องราวผ่านการข้ามเส้นแบ่งทั้งทางกายภาพและนามธรรม รวมผลงานหลากหลายรูปแบบจาก 6 ศิลปินหญิงและเควียร์ร่วมสมัย โดยทีมภัณฑารักษ์ กูกสิณา กูบาฮา, ตรีธิดา ไตรสิงห์, และ ปณต ศรีนวล มุ่งนำเสนอประเด็นเพศและชนชั้นผ่านนิทรรศการกลุ่มซึ่งประกอบไปด้วยผลงานศิลปะประเภท New Media โดยศิลปินไทยร่วมสมัยทั้ง 6 ท่าน ที่จะพาผู้ชมข้าม ‘เส้น’ ที่แตกต่างกันไป ทั้งนี้เป็นเพราะ ‘ภาพจำ’ ของแรงงานที่ปรากฏในสื่อกระแสหลักนั้นฉายให้เห็นเพียงภาพของผู้ใช้ ‘แรงกาย’ ที่มาจากชนชั้นรากหญ้าเท่านั้น หากแต่ในความเป็นจริงแล้ว “พวกเราทุกคนคือแรงงาน” ดังที่ คาร์ล มากซ์ นักปรัชญาชาวเยอรมันได้เคยกล่าวไว้ แม้งานบางอย่างจะยังไม่ได้รับการยอมรับว่าเป็นงาน แต่ก็ล้วนแลกมาด้วยหยาดเหงื่อ แรงกาย แรงใจ และค่าเสียโอกาสของคนทำงานด้วยกันทั้งสิ้น
SEXSENSE Documented Photography by Adam Broomberg.
Photography Series №01 of Phanlert SRIPROM starring as Eda. Documented by Adam Broomberg. Name shapes you - EDA means Rebirth. As Buddhists, we believe you are reborn again when you ordain to become a monk. But as trans, we won’t be obliged to this ritual. I create the virtual ordinated rituality - dressing up your soul and meditating your mind.
Public Sexhibition
The temporary exhibition at Schlosspark, Berlin in September 2019 is called Sexhibition. Building the spiritual connection acts between these three imitated Buddhist Monk Robes and unexpected audiences, sex, and exhibitionism.
Fashion Project
Creating sustainable goods from unwanted Buddhist Monk Robe and reimagined uniform versatility. Inspired by the beauty of the Buddhist monk uniform in Thailand, the ensemble one of a kind fashion costume constructed of singular rectangle cotton in saffron color over 2,000 years ago.
JESUISEDA Ordination Ceremony celebrates individuality. It says about my personal journey in the landscape of fashion, physically and mentally. As the forces become so influential on me. I doubt that you can decide who you want to be. What do you want to be called? How I can make it? I am urged to do this matter not only at the surface level but deeper into my spirituality and the most generic idea that comes to me is to be ordained. As Buddhists, we believe that you can be born again as a monk. You’ll be honored at the highest level of the society, a holy person. But as a transsexual, I won’t be obliged to the ceremony.
Jesuiseda Fashion Show at ITS2018
at Trieste, Italy.
International Talent Support was launched in 2002 and throughout its 19-year history, it has developed into the most highly recognized platform to showcase & support the strongest young talents on the planet.
Look Book
Installation
As a tribute to International Women's Month, Mook Attakanwong, the creative director and curator of ATT 19, has gathered 12 female artists to present their works together at a month-long exhibition known as A Room Full of Women. Thailand with its Buddhist faith and relaxed outlook on life does not make it a ground free of sexism. Weaving the narrative from 12 different points of view, the exhibition pinpoints issues of gender and equality often overlooked.
Group Exhibition at Photographic Exploration Project
Participated in PEP last show of 2019 entitled New Talent with the series JESUISEDA. The exhibition took place at the gallery Tête in Berlin, GERMANY from December 6 to 8, 2019.
The project “OH MY BUDDHA!” is a large-scale tapestry textual installation made from the discarded Buddhist monk textiles collected by the trans artist Eda Phanlert Sriprom. The installation pays homage to the artist’s beloved Buddha and their teachings, which are both a symbol of love beyond gender.
The artist’s initial vision is to celebrate the diverse beauties in every shape and all forms of love whether you define yourself as a Thai, a Trans, a Tood, or a Buddhist, and whatnot. With love, we shall all and together conquer, embrace, reflect, and question the meaning of love beyond material forms, shapes, or colors. Because love is love.
God is Love and Love is the Buddha and the Buddha is God. “OH MY BUDDHA!” is the symbol of love and reflects the moment of ultimate joy. Once we will be all legally equal and theoretically proud as we all are finally represented as Thai. Until that day, we will not only pray but we will slay and we have been waiting for way too long not to be recognized. It is our zentury.
Bangkok is renowned as one of the best cities to visit especially for the LGBTQIAN+ community. According to that, we will show the world who we are and who we can potentially become. We will share with the world what we represent and what we will contribute. We will globally shine where we belong and where we will be united in 2028.
The installation will entirely be sustainably made from 40 discarded and used Buddhist monk robes as a backdrop. Textual embroidered and somewhat reflective silk-screened in order to get the wow effect when the flashlight is on during our slay and fight by days and nights. The installation will potentially be repurposed after the events as a material resource for another artistic project, fashion collection and etc.
The Buddha is an iconic figure and it yet globally the symbol of peace and happiness. As Thais, we need somehow also sentimental value and emotional support. I would like to introduce another series of the sculptural Happy Buddha, the pride version, to this particular event. This sculpture will be potentially made from surplus rainbow materials and flags, offering visitors an intimate experience with the Buddha and showing the audiences worldwide.
This will not only be one of the biggest installations that I have ever made but this will be ever the beacon of hope and inspiration to all my younger selves as a trans kid out there that we can be more and we can be all. Made for the community and made by the people in the community.
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The visual reimagination by day.
The visual reimagination by night.