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What's trending and happening this week
Muse, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 18/08/2018
» 1. The Bangkok Biennial has brought to town its fair share of exhibitions, as pavilions are dispersed throughout the city. Opening this weekend, the Supernatural Pavilion is taking place in Care Nang Leung temple with a performance and video installation The 5x5 Legged Stool, based on the 1962 dance score by Ann Halpin, The Five Legged Stool. In Bangkok, a new performance by Mari Fukutome comes to life, captured by video artist Chulayarnnon Siriphol, and explores the ways in which contemporary dance is recorded and archived in time. Viewers can visit the pavilion until tomorrow. Performances will take place at 8pm at Wat Care Nang Lerng, Phaniang Road, Khwaeng Wat Sommanat and Khet Pom Prap Sattru Phai.
Forest fair at Bangkok Art and Culture Centre
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 02/03/2018
» Even if you can't go to the forest this weekend, the forest will come to you, owing to the second edition of the "People & Forest Fair", which will be held on Sunday at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre.
Honouring the past
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 07/02/2018
» Royal agencies and the government are hard at work to help Bangkok residents enjoy the wave of cold that has hit the city. From Feb 8 until March 11, the Dusit Winter Festival (Oon Ai Rak) will be held at the Royal Plaza and the nearby Sanam Suapa, the historic quarters that will be transformed into an exhibition space and fairground.
Against the flow
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 22/01/2018
» 'There used to be vendors hawking fresh vegetables in the sois and wholesale rice traders in several shophouses," Tip, a resident of Bangkok's Charoen Nakhon neighbourhood, notes.
Under siege
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 19/01/2018
» The Pom Mahakan community as seen through the lens of Bangkok-based Italian photographer Jan Daga is a village "under siege" where resilience meets heartbreak.
Exhibition speaks for endangered community
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 11/01/2018
» Despite being neatly tucked between the Saen Saeb canal and Bangkok's ancient city walls, the Pom Mahakan community has been under constant threat for over two decades.
Provocateur-in-chief
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 21/12/2017
» In the five years François Roche has been living and working in Bangkok, the French architect has positioned himself as far away as he could from institutions, expats and what he calls the "gentrified crowd".
A reluctant star
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 19/12/2017
» Jay Fai usually opens her shop around 3pm. But these days, no matter how early you get to Mahachai Road, it's likely you'll find a commotion and a line of people waiting for a seat. Plastic chairs have been put out on the footpath, but an army of cameras and phone-toting would-be customers still stand in front of the kitchen and reservation tables, hoping to catch a glimpse of the "omelette queen" herself.
Uprooted
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 25/07/2017
» Pak Klong Talad, Bangkok's iconic flower market, is getting a fresh start in a new location, after vendors were swept off the old-town pavements last year.
Vanquished vendors -- What's it all about?
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 21/04/2017
» There will be no more pushcarts with colourful umbrellas mounted on top, no more tasty meals and soothing, satisfying roadside snacks on the streets of Thong Lor, Ekamai and Phra Khanong. Instead of the clouds of smoke that formed above steaming, fragrant woks and charcoal grills, city dwellers are left with nothing but the fumes billowing from automobiles' exhaust pipes.