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The girl with stories in her hair
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 24/09/2014
» When she was 31, Imhathai Suwatthanasilp started collecting hair she lost in the shower, over a period of 31 washes, and wove them separately. After about four months, she weighed down each set of woven hair with small stones dating the day the strands of hair had fallen out. The finished works, The Thirty-First, are like tornadoes, arranged in a row on a light box. They are intricate and fragile but contain within themselves a whirlwind of emotions. Imhathai likens them to blooming flowers.
A world unlocked
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 22/09/2014
» 'Home. Back there. Trains passing like teeth through my head," Eimear McBride writes. I imagine her, sitting, scribbling feverishly, thought by thought, not in a stream of consciousness, but a stream of intense consciousness, writing a deep violent meditation. I am actively reading, heart cautiously breaking apart, trains passing like teeth through my head.
Weird world of Westwood
Muse, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 20/09/2014
» "I was punk before it got its name," Vivienne Westwood once said in an interview.
The escapism artist
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 17/09/2014
» Skyler Chen, 32, lives through pictures, not words. He grew up with dyslexia, a disorder that went undiagnosed until just a few years ago.
The Murakami machine marches on
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 08/09/2014
» Haruki Murakami had an epiphany during a baseball game at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo in April, 1978. He was 29 and the game was between the Yakult Swallows and the Hiroshima Toyo Carp. When player Dave Hilton hit the first ball into left field, Murakami was struck by a sudden realisation that he was going to write a book. He started writing that day.
Taking down The ‘Third World’
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 03/09/2014
» In 1974, Mao Zedong decided China was part of the Third World, not the Second World as categorised by the Communist block. Mao's idea of the Third World deviated from Cold War-era political ideologies and discounted the history of colonialism and imperialism. His "Third World" was a band of non-aligned nations falling behind those which were more rich and powerful — the US and Soviet Union in the First World; Japan, Canada, Australia and the rest of Europe in the Second World.
Don't stop the presses!
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 01/09/2014
» Oatsawin is one of the very few remaining older writers who have worked at Sing Sian Yer Pao for more than three decades. Approximately half of the employees are Thai and write in Thai, which is then translated, and the other half are Chinese. Most of them are much younger than Oatsawin, who is 62.
War and peace
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 25/08/2014
» In what Susan Sontag would refer to as the democratisation of the human experience through photography, the exhibition "Something To Talk About" presents moments in the Deep South that have largely been overlooked by news media — moments of peace.
Heads up... Kraisak’s back!
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 23/07/2014
» At 52, Kraisak Chirachaisakul is making up for lost time. After distancing himself from the art world for almost three decades, following his graduation from Silpakorn University back in 1987, the winner of this year’s Gold Prize at the International Biennale Print Exhibition in Taiwan is staging a comeback.
The superior shredder
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 22/07/2014
» Ekachai Jearakul is so over competing in classical guitar competitions. His first place win at the 2014 Guitar Foundation of America International Artist Competition in Los Angeles, known as “the Olympics of classic guitar”, will also be his last.