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Supermarket satire
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 10/03/2017
» To celebrate the 160th anniversary of Thai-Japanese diplomatic relations, the Japan Foundation Bangkok is presenting renowned Japanese playwright and director Toshiki Okada's Super Premium Soft Double Vanilla Rich at Chulalongkorn University's Sodsai Pantoomkomol Centre for Dramatic Arts until Sunday.
Jelly good show
Muse, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 04/03/2017
» For Sam Bompas and Harry Parr, it all began with making jelly just for fun after school and on weekends. More than a decade later, it's still about that, except that the duo are now among the world's most prominent and innovative event organisers.
Lion's share
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 27/01/2017
» The night was lively around the neighbourhood of Saint-Germain-des-Prés last Saturday for the opening of this year's Paris Déco Off, an annual event where more than 100 home-furnishing-fabrics brands join to showcase their latest designs. But there was perhaps more buzzing than anywhere else down the quaint Rue de Furstenberg where the Jim Thompson showroom is situated.
Remaking the scene
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 21/12/2016
» It has been a busy year for the Thai art scene, with well-known artists taking turns treating Bangkok viewers to their latest works, new galleries welcomed and old ones closing down, and politics remaining deeply embedded in artistic expression.
Face of the streets at Bangkok Citycity Gallery
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 16/12/2016
» After a four-year hiatus, famed Thai street artist Patcharapon Tangruen, better known as Alex Face, is presenting his solo show "Alive" at Bangkok Citycity Gallery. His absence, however, was merely from gallery spaces for his iconic three-eyed rabbit-like character has been on the streets everywhere -- Bangkok, Jakarta, Tokyo, Seoul, Taipei, London, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Berlin, to name a few.
Fair winds
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 10/11/2016
» In the waters off Hua Hin's coastline, all was calm at first. Then, all of a sudden, a strong wind picked up, sending a young boy and his sailing dinghy to clash with another boat, which was leading the race.
High concept
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 28/09/2016
» Entang Wiharso, Geraldine Javier, Zeng Fanzhi, Zhao Zhao -- I've Googled them, and yes, they are all huge in the contemporary art world.
Recalling Thailand's darkest hour
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 15/09/2016
» Next month marks the 40th anniversary of the Oct 6, 1976, event, or Thammasat University Massacre -- a tragedy in which arguably more than 100 students were killed by Thai state forces and far-right paramilitaries, and in commemoration of that, critically-acclaimed director and choreographer Teerawat Mulvilai of B-Floor Theatre presents his latest performance Fundamental which is running at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre.
Born, bred (and perhaps brewed)
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 19/08/2016
» The place looks like a regular house in the suburban Pak Kret district, roughly one-hour drive out of Bangkok. Look closer, however, the house appears unlived, more like a warehouse with some sort of operation going on inside, and a walk round to its backyard reveals five massive hothouses which span 1,600m².
The value of children's theatre
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 12/05/2016
» 'If Thailand does indeed give value to children, who are the future of this country, why has there never been a full-scale international festival for children and young people?"