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Motherhood isn't black and white
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 07/10/2014
» 'White lesbian mother sues sperm bank after birth of biracial baby" read a recent headline. I thought I may have been reading The Onion.
Drawing upon days past
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 22/10/2014
» In her current solo exhibition "Days Of (Endless) Meaninglessness" at 100 Tonson Gallery, Phaptawan Suwannakudt draws on the emotions she experienced during a visit home last December to create five triptychs and a video. She looks at Thailand, her home, with nostalgia as an emigrant and unease as a citizen. Here, she is at once an insider and an outsider.
Colouring the character of a city
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 23/10/2014
» On Oct 12, Cyclone Hudhud wrecked thousands of homes in Visakhapatnam in India. On the same day, Japan braced itself for Typhoon Vongfong and advised hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate. In 2012, when Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast of the US, it cut the power to more than 8 million homes in New York. In 2011, roads in Thailand became rivers. Shelves were emptied in supermarkets. Production lines stopped. The country was paralysed. Three years later, we are still recovering, always shoring up in case of another destructive flood.
Role play
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 24/10/2014
» The stories of good girls gone wild mirror one another. Britney Spears. Christina Aguilera. Miley Cyrus. Sara Malakul Lane.
Finland's world-beating education systemoffers lessons for Thailand
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 28/10/2014
» Besides Marimekko, Nokia, Moomin, saunas and summers without darkness, Finland is also known for its excellence in education. In 1968, the northern European country went through a major educational reform. In the following decades, Finnish students consistently achieved the highest, or near highest, average results in the Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa).
The escapism artist
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 17/09/2014
» Skyler Chen, 32, lives through pictures, not words. He grew up with dyslexia, a disorder that went undiagnosed until just a few years ago.
A world unlocked
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 22/09/2014
» 'Home. Back there. Trains passing like teeth through my head," Eimear McBride writes. I imagine her, sitting, scribbling feverishly, thought by thought, not in a stream of consciousness, but a stream of intense consciousness, writing a deep violent meditation. I am actively reading, heart cautiously breaking apart, trains passing like teeth through my head.
The girl with stories in her hair
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 24/09/2014
» When she was 31, Imhathai Suwatthanasilp started collecting hair she lost in the shower, over a period of 31 washes, and wove them separately. After about four months, she weighed down each set of woven hair with small stones dating the day the strands of hair had fallen out. The finished works, The Thirty-First, are like tornadoes, arranged in a row on a light box. They are intricate and fragile but contain within themselves a whirlwind of emotions. Imhathai likens them to blooming flowers.
Raising the yellow flag
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 30/09/2014
» The sky above Chinatown is blocked by a dense layer of yellow flags and lanterns and banners; the air heavy with grease from industrial-sized frying pans. Navigating Yaowarat with any form of transportation, on foot or on a bus, during the past week has been more chaotic than ever. The annual Vegetarian Festival, which ends on Thursday, is celebrated not by just believers, young and old, in white and in every other colour, but also by the media and sponsors ranging from banks to amusement parks.
H'yucking around with Goofy
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 30/09/2014
» Before Goofy was Goofy, he was a bearded old man with a puffy tail and no pants named Dippy Dawg.