Can I be with You?

Have you ever wanted to have a best friend, a brother, a sister, a soulmate, a son but haven't got the chance to? Have you ever wanted to be intimate in a relationship? (Examples of intimate partner are a friend, sibling, lover, spouse, life partner, soulmate, and family member).

I can be your best friend, soulmate, son, or other type of intimate relations for an hour, a day, or a week! You could experience the relationship of your choice with me. This project is for you to investigate your own thoughts, feelings and desire.

How does it work?

First, you describe to me the relationship of your dream, for example, if choose you want to have a best friend, you describe what would he/she be like, the activities you would do together, and so on. We decide on a date and I will act to be your best friend! It's like a test make-believe relationship, we will be doing some of the activities you described together. Sound interesting?

How it will benefit you?

Through the process of sharing and experiencing, you will understand yourself better. You will become aware of your thought and realise your deep personal need and if what you need is what you really need. It's self awareness and reflection. Moreover, this project should be thought provoking, experience-rich and it could be fun.

What do we do exactly?

I have always been curious about having a brother and a best friend of my dreams, I wonder what it would be like. And I believe that some of us might be curious in the same way, so I create this project to explore this idea, let us find some sort of solution! In addition to that, I love to get to know people and share our thoughts. I believe that to know and understand others, I can understand myself better. And as an artist, I always find personal stories and fantasies fascinating.

If you're interested, please send an email to wattanai.chanakot@student.konstfack.se answering these questions.

1. What kind of relationships do you want to experience?
(To have a brother, or friend, etc)

2. Why do you choose this kind of intimate relationship?

3. How do you imagine this person, and your relationship with this person?
(What is this brother/friend like? What activities do you do together? How do you feel toward this person, and how does he/she feel and make you feel?)

If you have any questions or need further information, I'm very open for discussion, please contact me at...

Email
wattanai.chanakot@student.konstfack.se

*This project is based in Stockholm, but other European cities can be arranged. I will also be in
Berlin in May 2010,
Gothenburg in June-July 2010
Thailand in December 2010- January 2011.

'Can I be with You' in detail: PDF format