Fever Series 1999-2002

Installation of Red Fever, 1999 for Bodies of Resistance, a traveling exhibition organized by VisualAids.

Ink jet print, air lines booklets, 36" x 60" overall dimensions

Review of Red Fever, an installation for Bodies of Resistance, a traveling exhibition, Real Art Ways, Hartford's Center for Contemporary Culture, CT and NSA Galleries, Durban, South Africa, 2000 

"Third world and feminist perspectives are present in Skowmon Hastanan's witty, but disturbing, Red Fever. Conflating the diagrammatic plans of slave ships with contemporary passenger jets, Hastanan highlights the spread of the virus through the tourist sex trade" - by Virginia MacKenny, South Africa, January 2000

"International ramifications are the theme of Skowmon Hastanan's Red Fever. Ms. Hastanan makes a visual analogy between the packed holds of historical slave ships and the seating arrangements of modern aircraft. The piece includes timetables of various airlines that travel to South Asia. Ms. Hastanan's message is that many flights cater to the international sex trade, and children are desirable because they are thought of as disease-free. Ms. Hastanan sees this as a new form of slavery." - By William Zimmer, The New York Times, Sunday, December 26, 1999

Ship Fever

1999 Ink jet prints, various dimensions.

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Pageant Fever

9 Ink jet prints with nail polish paint. 4 x 4" each

This is a homage to women workers in the international tourist industry. It is a visual analogy between the historical Middle Passage ship and the seating arrangements of modern passenger airplane. The replicated figures of women in traditional dresses are taken from Thai postage stamps. These figures represent images of hospitality and wholesomeness that are the commodities through which industries attract and sell services.

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