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New books worth reading
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 29/12/2016
» From Dust To Dust: A Journalist's Memoir
LPFF goes from strength to strength
Life, Joe Cummings, Published on 22/12/2016
» Luang Prabang, the well-preserved northern capital of Laos, doesn't have a single working cinema. But over the first week of December, the streets of its Unesco-sanctioned historic district filled with cinephiles hailing from all over the region and beyond for the latest edition of Luang Prabang Film Festival, or LPFF.
Nepalese film scoops top prize at SGIFF
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 06/12/2016
» A Nepalese drama about political and cultural divides won top prize at the 27th Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF). The 12-day event, part of the Singapore Media Festival that ended on Sunday, also saw two Thai feature films in its Silver Screen Competition, though they came home empty-handed.
Reverence amid despair, brutality
Life, Published on 30/11/2016
» Primal fear leaps from the eye of the buffalo, lying doomed in the dirt with its bound limbs stretched to full extension. Although it's surrounded by people, the beast looks utterly alone as a spear is driven into its body.
Personal scars, political history
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 12/10/2016
» In "Under The Same Sky", the latest exhibition at Nova Contemporary by photographer Tada Hengsapkul and artist Chai Siris, personal history and that of the world entwine. In no way does the show appear to strive at having these narratives untangled.
The open gallery
Life, Kanin Srimaneekulroj, Published on 22/08/2016
» As a member nation at the Asean summit, Thailand has a responsibility to nurture collaboration with fellow bloc members in matters of cultural exchange, as is one of the three tenets of the summit. To that end, the National Discovery Museum Institute (NDMI), the organisation responsible for development and promotion of museums in Thailand, as well as the curators of the beautiful Museum Siam, recently hosted the Museum Forum 2016, a conference aimed at the exchange of experience between various museum curators from all over Asia for the sake of development in museum works in Thailand as well as Asean as a whole.
RMA Institute
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 17/08/2016
» RMA Institute presents "Nacht Wellen", an ongoing photographic project by photographer Ralf Tooten which explores the enigmatic curiousness of the ocean seas through lowlight photography.
Narongrit to premier new Asean-inspired piece
Life, Tretip Kamolsiri, Published on 19/07/2016
» This Thursday, composer Narongrit Dhamabutra will premier his new piece, Quintet For The Spirits Of Asean, to be performed by the top-notch musicians of the Pro Musica Ensemble. The performance, open to the public free of charge, will take place at 6pm at the Music Hall, Art and Culture Building at Chulalongkorn University.
All aboard for some big fun
Life, John Clewley, Published on 21/06/2016
» One of my favourite times of the year is when the dry season ends and the countryside is transformed into a sea of green. And nowhere is it more fun to be at this time of year than in Isan. I have happy memories of rainy seasons in Buri Ram, where as soon as the rains arrived the village teenagers would take me out at night with a miner's light fixed on my forehead to hunt for tiny frogs.
Capturing the Soul of the Isan Heartland
B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 15/05/2016
» On her debut EP, Chiang Mai singer-songwriter Rasmee puts a fascinating soulful twist on traditional molam melodies.