Counterthing : Barcelona Chair
The diagram portrays the importance of a throne serving as a communication tool among people. A royal authority that is bestowed on the king is carried far ahead when he is placed on an elevated platform, or rather many elevated platforms. The challenge here deals with what/who is important? Since the material solidarity of the throne assures us a permanence device for the remembrance of King Pinklao, does it still serve as a medium that has to be worshiped or bowed upon lacking the King's presence. Placed in the center of the museum room 504 in The National Museum Bangkok, it rests on the ground providing equal share of visibility among the other artifacts including palanquins, howdahs, etc. The validity of the throne may be questioned since all we see are people passing by it without any further glance or interest on to what it was?, the history behind it, and relating stories consequently attached with the throne. Apart from the waist high A4 board that informs just a gist on its history accompanied with text, the aim here is- how to link matter of facts through visual grammar in order to achieve clear data graphics.
The similarity between the throne and the Barcelona chair allows for further leap into a concept of framing people through orientation, ornamentation, geometry/symmetry(key architectural elements in Buddhism), dimension and elevation making it visually important.
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