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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.
The Murakami machine marches on
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 08/09/2014
» Haruki Murakami had an epiphany during a baseball game at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo in April, 1978. He was 29 and the game was between the Yakult Swallows and the Hiroshima Toyo Carp. When player Dave Hilton hit the first ball into left field, Murakami was struck by a sudden realisation that he was going to write a book. He started writing that day.
Planes, trains and tragedies
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 25/07/2014
» For seven years, I flew back and forth between the US and Bangkok twice a year, always with at least a three-hour transit at Tokyo Narita Airport. If I was lucky and sat on the right side of the plane, I got to watch the sun rise above the sea of clouds from the plane window. My skin would always itch from the dry air and my lips would chap. I often found myself sitting next to a Japanese businessman who drank Asahi after Asahi. I once cried so hard watching Up, I had to explain to the concerned passenger next to me that I was OK — I was just watching a very sad cartoon.
Heads up... Kraisak’s back!
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 23/07/2014
» At 52, Kraisak Chirachaisakul is making up for lost time. After distancing himself from the art world for almost three decades, following his graduation from Silpakorn University back in 1987, the winner of this year’s Gold Prize at the International Biennale Print Exhibition in Taiwan is staging a comeback.