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When hard work just isn't enough
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 20/06/2023
» In the difficult lives of labourers, two talented artists, Chaiyan Ninlabon and Maneerat Thamnarak, found inspiration to create works for the exhibition "Early Years Project #6: In A Cogitation", which is on display at Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC). Chaiyan and Maneerat were two of eight finalists selected from 80 applicants for "The Early Years Project #6".
From here to eternity
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 30/07/2020
» Whenever artist Pachara Piyasongsoot goes to visit his girlfriend at her housing estate, he always sees the cleaning staff working tirelessly. After befriending one cleaning lady, he learned that some six families from Kalasin province live in a hidden 92m² space behind a tennis practice wall. Some of them have been there for as long as 20 years.
Remembering Kak Channthy
Life, John Clewley, Published on 03/04/2018
» The news last week that the lead singer of the Cambodian Space Project, Kak Channthy, had died in a car crash in Phnom Penh has shocked her fans in Cambodia and across the globe. She was 38 years old.
Cinema paradiso no more
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 18/08/2017
» Everything changes. It changes in its own time.Cells die. Cells grow. Death and birth happen all the time.Like the mind, it's gone before you even know. Like when I project a movie, a reel of film rotating at high speed looks like a still image.
Examining urbanity
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 03/06/2015
» Stepping into the dimly lit Jim Thompson Art Center, one immediately feels connected. The parade of motorcycles is more than a common sight in Bangkok. The colourful car headlining and flaring lights are reminiscent of a songthaew ride home. Other video installations featuring in the space's current exhibition "Missing Links" are instantaneously relatable, even without any explanatory text.
Tourism, consumption spur June revival
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 31/07/2010
» Tourism and domestic consumption rebounded in June from sharp declines in April and May, when the country was racked by political unrest, the Bank of Thailand said in its monthly briefing yesterday.