Theetat Thunkijjanukij
Theetat Thunkijjanukij runs a copy business in Amsterdam, specializing in replicas of niche books and prints. His work explores economies of scale and the meanings that emerge through reproduction and the erasure of the original. Using limited machines and materials, he emphasizes meticulous reproduction within constraints. His pieces, often sold in subcultural, low-end markets, feature intentional inaccuracies resulting from his copying techniques. He is now building a conceptual shop as a publishing practice, in which selling replica books becomes a way of making public.
“Portraits at a Window takes shape as a metaphorical shopfront, emerging from the logic and rhythms of my own copy-shop practice. The installation sits between a modest print shop and a department-store vitrine: an intimate workplace colliding with the spectacle of retail display. Inside, 144 glittering portraits from my artist book appear like hairstyle references pinned up for customers, alongside advertorial fragments pasted onto tiled windows.
The store becomes an urban phantasmagoria: a gleaming space filled with images and imagined commodities bathed in artificial light, offering consumers a dreamlike abundance. The works operate through desire and fetishism rather than engaging with social or labor conditions.“