About us

This rich collaboration began with 'About Fungi and Being in the Dark', funded by the British Council's International Collaboration Grants, which are designed to support UK and overseas organisations in collaborating on international arts projects. Connecting artists, cultural and conservation organisations in Thailand and the UK, the collaboration involves NooN cross-disciplinary collective, Arnont Nongyao, Filament Works, Chiang Mai Art Conservation, Art Residency Thailand, Kents Cavern, ​Wild Planet Trust, English Riviera UNESCO Global Geopark (UK), and Satun UNESCO Global Geopark (Thailand).

What is TAAHM?

Throughout 2025, NooN Collective (UK) and Arnont Nongyao (Thailand) have been evolving a new collaborative language, artistic process, and ways of working which they call ‘TAAHM’. TAAHM is a phonetic spelling of the Thai word for cave, and sounding it is like the sounding of a drum with a sustained resonance. The artists have been evolving their shared practice through vibration and a deep listening to each other and the worlds they adventure through. They have been inspired by the underground lives of fungi, seeking out connections and possibilities in the dark. Together, they have spent time in caves in the UK and Thailand, and in virtual and imagined caves of the internet and their imaginations. They have collected and shared sounds, images, and fragments of meaning from these adventures. This process and these materials have formed the basis for live jams - improvised performances online and in real life, sometimes both. Moving beyond words into dark, unknown places has given the artists a space ripe with possibility and radical transformation.

Artist Bios

  • Arnont Nongyao (Thailand)

    He deeply appreciates environmental sounds and investigates the hidden vibrations of all moving entities,  creating rhythmic compositions from their movements.

    His exploration fuels sound art projects, where he collaborates to build public instruments and leads workshops, allowing everyone to express their unique sounds and fostering connection through shared vibrations.

  • Clare Parker (NooN Collective, UK)

    She is a socially-engaged dance artist, movement director, and producer with 30 years of experience making professional and community dance theatre work. She trained at London Contemporary Dance School and CalArts, and has worked with companies and artists including: Frantic Assembly, Richard Alston Dance Company, Northern Ballet Theatre, Balbir Singh, Cie Willi Dorner, Wrestling School / Howard Barker.

    Clare’s visual art practice blends movement and costume to explore and express our more-than-human relationships. She is also one half of Featherheads & Fungaia (with Sarah Lawrence), playful and reflective visual art and movement installations regularly commissioned for festivals & events.

  • Emilio Mula (NooN Collective, UK)

    He has more than 20 years experience as a videographer, animator, VJ, and visual artist. His work explores aspects of generative art and the use of sensors as a resource for creating audiovisual installations.

    Emilio, aka Children of Compost, works collaboratively across different disciplines to create art experiences that can help people understand and engage with complex and quick changes that our planet and we as a species are going through.

  • Ric Byer (NooN Collective, UK)

    He is a multi-instrumentalist and composer from Montreal, and has worked as a multi-instrumentalist (bass, percussion, vocals) and session musician in Asia, North America, and Europe.

    As 05Ric, he has created and published music with Gavin Harrison (King Crimson, Porcupine Tree). Ric’s latest recording venture is a collaboration with Nightjar Records, which has supported the first NooN album release on vinyl.