Create and collaborate in Playing Together, an interactive installation by Boston-based artist ponnapa prakkamakul in the Bank of America Art Lab. Join others in a life-size game of Snakes and Ladders and explore ponnapa’s reimagination of this ancient pastime. Make your own artwork that reflects on the role of play in your life—create a game, share a joyful memory, or build from your imagination. Using wooden square tiles and a variety of sculptural, textured, and colorful materials, participants can create a “Joy Connector” to take home or add to a mosaic of visitor creations.

About the Artist

ponnapa prakkamakul (she/her) is a multidisciplinary artist and landscape architect based in Massachusetts. Her place-specific installation explores the relationship between humans and their environments, aiming to create a sense of place and belonging. Inspired by landscape and people at the sites of her projects, ponnapa’s works tell stories of place and amplify voices from people in those locations. Her projects often take the form of bright, colorful sculptures and murals that respond to human scale, inviting passersby to engage with, touch, sit, or even hop on them. ponnapa holds a Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture from the Rhode Island School of Design.

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