The Connections Through Culture (CTC) grants programme nurtures fresh cultural partnerships between the UK and select countries in Asia Pacific and Europe. These grants support new ideas and collaborations from artists and cultural organisations at any stage of development.  

The latest round of Connections Through Culture programme supports a diverse range of projects spanning artistic disciplines and themes. From diversity and inclusion to climate change and beyond, these collaborations bring together partners across borders to generate fresh ideas and creative solutions to today’s shared challenges. 

CTC support new connections, exchanges, and collaborations between artists, cultural professionals, creative practitioners and art and cultural organisations. 

2025 Grant Recipients: Thailand

The Golden Mask: Archive, Absence, and the Making of Modern Thailand

Thailand: Nakrob Moonmanas 
UK: Alex Ungprateeb Flynn 
 
This exhibition, a collaboration between Thai artist Nakrob Moonmanas and British/Thai curator Alex Ungprateeb Flynn, will be presented in Bangkok with a counterpart at ESEA Contemporary, Manchester. Set in the reign of King Chulalongkorn, when Siam resisted Western imperial powers and forged its modern nation-state, it tells the story of a Maniq boy taken from southern forests to the Grand Palace.

Atlas in Motion

Thailand: Pom Bunsermvicha 
UK: Atlas Cinema 
 
The project explores how the non-commercial, cooperatively run cinema model of Atlas Cinema can be adapted in Bangkok, where film exhibition is mostly commercial or state-run. Activating temporary screening spaces will showcase the potential of community-driven film culture while democratizing access to producing and attending screenings.

Ghost 2568: Wish We Were Here

Thailand: Bangkok CityCity Gallery Co., Ltd. 
UK: Amal Khalaf 
 
Ghost 2568: Wish We Were Here marks the final edition of Bangkok’s triennial Ghost video and performance art series. Curated by Amal Khalaf with Christina Li, Korakrit Arunanondchai, and Pongsakorn Yananissorn, the programme features video installations, performances, workshops, and citywide activations with artists, musicians, and researchers.

Intertidal Exchange

Thailand: Chat Architects 
UK: Cement Fields 
 
Intertidal Exchange brings together artist Andrew Merritt and architect Chatpong Chuenrudeemol to explore how informal architecture, sustainable practices, and community action can address climate change. Merritt, with Cement Fields, is developing a modular community allotment in Sheppey’s intertidal zone, while Chuenrudeemol’s “bastard architecture” informs the Angsila Oyster Scaffolding Pavilion in Thailand.

Lab X Leadership (Lab XL)

Thailand: Creative Migration (East) Foundation 
UK: Artsadmin 
 
Lab XL extends the partnership between Artsadmin (London) and Creative Migration (Bangkok), focusing on how leadership and cultural producing shape socially engaged practice. Through exchanges between cultural leaders and re-engagement with artists, audiences, and peers via online and in-person convenings, the project explores how lived experience informs approaches to care, climate justice, equity, and inclusion.

PKDC x The Place: A Choreographic Exchange & Network for Future Collaboration between Thailand & UK

Thailand: Pichet Klunchun Dance Company 
UK: The Place UK 
 
This project builds a new partnership between Pichet Klunchun Dance Company (Thailand) and The Place (UK), fostering equitable exchange between Southeast Asian and UK dance communities. Centred on No.60—a Thai-born movement system challenging Western choreographic dominance—the initiative includes residencies, public seminars, and pedagogical mentoring.

Sporeprint: Decentralised Art, Local Soil

Thailand: E-Lerng Artists Collective 
UK: Kate Yedigaroff 
 
Sporeprint is a cross-cultural research and development project exploring community art as decentralised social infrastructure. The project connects grassroots art initiatives across Thailand and the UK to co-learn, co-create, and co-develop tools that reflect community needs beyond top-down policy.

Storytelling and Memory through Clay (British & Thai perspectives)

Thailand: Chanakarn Semachai 
UK: Katie Spragg 
 
This cultural exchange and collaborative ceramic art project explores how clay-making practices serve as a tool for storytelling and memory across Thai and British cultures. UK artist Katie Spragg and Thai artist Chanakarn Semachai will undertake reciprocal research residencies and community engagement workshops and together create a collaborative project that reveals the universal human experiences of memory and belonging.