Pichai is currently participating in the Pattani Biennale 2026, from 8 August-16 November 2026, with a new installation, Beyond Loss II.

In 2015, Thailand received a warning from the EU for failing to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing on the basis of outdated fisheries regulations, inadequate vessel monitoring, weak port inspection systems, limited seafood traceability, and concerns over illegal labor practices in the fishing industry. This prompted Thailand to impose new controls, mandate vessel monitoring, and strengthen law enforcement, resulting in many illegal fishing vessels being removed from the industry, and Pattani becoming a pilot for a fishing vessel buyback and decommissioning program. While the policy was intended to restore marine resources and improve fisheries governance, it had profound social and economic consequences, causing many fishing families to lose their livelihoods and abandon their way of life.

Using this as a case study, Pichai conducted field research in Ban Na Subdistrict, Pattani, where 48 commercial fishing vessels were removed from the system. Once symbols of labor, livelihood and hope, these boats were dismantled and the timber used as firewood to boil anchovies for budu sauce production. In this process, boats did not simply disappear but were transformed into part of the food chain, with the burning of the boats representing not only the destruction of physical objects, but the erasure of memory, community and a maritime way of life.

Beyond Loss II questions the paradox of sustainability with  monochrome paintings depicting the remains of destroyed fishing vessels and decommissioned trawl nets coated with ash from the burned boat timber exploring the tension between loss and conservation. While the protection of marine resources is essential, it required the destruction of boats built from numerous ancient Takian trees, leaving lasting impacts not only on fishing communities but also on forests, cultural heritage, and collective memory.

Beyond Loss II also recalls a time before modern marine navigation, when Thai fishermen relied on generations of accumulated knowledge to navigate by observing the sun, moon, winds, waves, and ocean currents. At night, they used 24 constellations and stars as celestial maps to determine direction, read the seasons, and predict weather conditions. Passed down through generations, this knowledge was the foundation of Thai maritime culture, with starlight literally guiding fishermen across the sea. The connection of fishing by starlight is reimagined with the floating budu bottles being directly connected to fish and the stars.