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Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 11/07/2018
» 'Coming Soon" sounds like the stuff of theatrical trailers. "Coming soon to a city near you" evokes the reproduction and decentralisation of a system, an ever-multiplying model and the balancing act between a one-size-fits-all mould and local specificities.
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 23/05/2018
» Tuesday marked the fourth anniversary of the May 2014 coup d'etat. While it continues to underpin the political landscape, the coup also sparked an unprecedented rise in Thai artworks with political messages. A new political art exhibition took place almost every month since May 2014.
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 28/02/2018
» Suddenly, Thai traditional costumes have made a quiet comeback -- for at least a month or so.
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 25/12/2017
» 'Thailand's first biennial(e)" is a phrase you'll most certainly hear next year, as the country will hold not one but three different art biennials in 2018, with the organisers of each claiming theirs as the earliest project.
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 15/11/2017
» Writer Franz Kafka's sombre, absurd, yet resolutely modern universe has long been a source of inspiration for filmmakers; his novels and short stories having provided the basis for several film adaptations, from Orson Welles' critically-acclaimed The Trial to lesser-known movies such as Michael Haneke's The Castle. As part of "Unfolding Kafka Festival 2017", an expert explains how Kafka's works continue to fascinate readers and audiences, in large part due to the Czech writer's sharp intuition and "prophetic" perception of modern-day woes.
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 27/09/2017
» After moments of introduction, Chaiyapoom's face appears on the projection screen, a makeshift silver screen like the one on which his films could have been shown. The singing voice too belongs to the 17-year-old Lahu activist, killed in March this year for resisting arrest after soldiers allegedly found methamphetamine pills in his car.
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 14/07/2017
» Would you rather be blissfully blind or painfully aware?
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 05/04/2017
» There is nothing quite like seeing -- back to back -- two of Pina Bausch's most emblematic works. Audiences are met with double the beauty, and double the intensity, of the late German choreographer's compositions, dreamy and surreal, both emotionally and psychologically raw.
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 17/03/2017
» Documentary films have taken Bangkok by storm. Once neglected, the genre today enjoys the limelight.