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Girls just wanna make movies
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 08/03/2019
» The movie industry has always been a men's club. Take a look at Hollywood. Last year, only 8% of the top 250 grossing films in the US domestic box office were directed by women. And though no official statistics are available, the Thai movie scene has also long been a male-dominated campsite.
Who pays for art?
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 02/07/2018
» Should museums be funded by the state or by private sponsors? The question looms large with the current problems at Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC), the largest publicly-funded art gallery in the country -- and with the rise of many private galleries that seem to flourish with the burgeoning art scene.
Five things you need to know this week
Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 27/01/2018
» 1.Japan’s famous cheesecake and bakery brand LeTao has opened up its first LeTao Cafe in Thailand and Southeast Asia.
Creating the future
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 26/01/2018
» From tomorrow until Feb 4, Bangkok will turn into a design-lover's haven as Bangkok Design Week will finally open its many doors to the public. Organised by the Thailand Creative & Design Center (TCDC) -- the same team that successfully gave us Chiang Mai Design Week -- this will be Bangkok's first ever such event.
It takes a Village
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 29/09/2017
» Usually sparsely visited, Gaysorn Shopping Centre has been seeing more traffic lately than ever, after launching its much-anticipated Gaysorn Village project. What the developers call a "mixed-use lifestyle urban village", Gaysorn Village spans 180,000m² across the Ratchaprasong district and aims to provide "urban regeneration" to Bangkok's chaotic and sometimes bleak lifestyle.
From Azerbaijan and Taiwan, films about pain and growth
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 16/06/2017
» The Royal City Bangkok Film Club will be screening two movies from Azerbaijan and Taiwan for free (with drinks and snacks) at River City Bangkok. This is a rather new screening venue, established with the aim of becoming a space for alternative cinema. The location, by the river near Si Phraya, is also a change of atmosphere.
How to unlearn history
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 14/06/2017
» When artistic director Adam Szymczyk proposed that audiences should go through a process of "unlearning to learn" to experience documenta 14 to its fullest potential, he really meant it.
A whole new Gaysorn
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 27/01/2017
» Benjamin Franklin wrote in a letter in 1789 that "in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes". But in Thailand, you might as well add another certainty: new malls. Despite a fickle economy, the country will still see more than its fair share of retail outlets opening up this year.
Lying in luxury's lap
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 25/11/2016
» France's gigantic home decor fair Maison&Objet ended in early September, but that doesn't mean we're done admiring the outstanding designs and products exhibited in the show. The eight spacious halls of the Parc Des Expositions Paris Nord Villepinte were filled to the brim with some of the best object and furniture brands from around the world.