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High hopes
Muse, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 07/05/2016
» As a kid, rather than wanting to spend a day at Disneyland, Sutima Sucharitakul begged her parents to take her to museums -- a request they gladly granted. So it was places like the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert that they would visit when in London, the Palace of Versailles when in France, or churches and synagogues when in other European countries.
Blue-blood gets a taste for your blood
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 09/02/2016
» When Chulachak Chakrabongse speaks, he rarely looks your way. He could be drifting or struck by sheer boredom, but you are never offended. You're busy wondering what to make of his presence: as teen star that he once was, as a father of two, as great-great-grandson of King Rama V, as 34-year-old blues rock star "Hugo", who was with Jay-Z's Roc Nation label. Or now, in a rather unexpected turn of career path, as Count Dracula in a stage play production of Bram Stoker's classic.
The food stylist
Muse, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 12/09/2015
» Paweethida Tanjasiri's som tum doesn’t look like any we’ve ever seen before. Her chops of string beans are of a purplish hue and the sliced tomatoes vary in colour. Along with the usual beans and dried shrimps, corn kernels, pomegranate seeds and slices of beetroot are dotted against the white wide-rim plate. Fear not, the 26-year-old is not a radical, nor an antinationalist trying to undermine what has long been part of our culinary identity, however, but a food stylist.
Mixed media
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 26/08/2015
» Photo Bangkok 2015 continues in galleries throughout the capital. It seems, however, that the festival will have to wait until “Weatherproof” at WTF Gallery and “Rediscovering Forgotten Thai Masters Of Photography” at Bangkok University Gallery open in September before it’s back in the spotlight again.
Structures of the overlooked
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 06/05/2015
» In the exhibition "Subcutaneous Infrastructure" at Bridge Art Space, a set of plaster sculptures by Natee Tubtimthong and those made of metal wire with found objects by Wisut Yimprasert don't clash, but complement one another with smooth cohesion.
Single mum champion
Muse, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 18/04/2015
» The 2012 World Bodybuilding & Physique Federation champion Wilaiporn Wannaklang was 30 years old when she first learnt what a gym was. A mother of two, Wilaiporn said at the time dumbbells and barbells was just “something metal” to her. A decade later and she is among the world’s top bodybuilders in the lightweight category.
From the past, into the future
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 10/02/2015
» There are three versions of Korakrit Arunanondchai, one of Thailand's hottest mavericks whose works have been shown internationally in recent years: first, Korakrit in person, who isn't the most comprehensible of talkers; second, the Korakrit he professes himself to be, which is a jeans-clad, fiery-haired, spontaneous painter and gangster/rapper performance artist.
Noraset picks brains and minds
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 29/10/2014
» Noraset Vaisayakul went to the hospital earlier this year and paid 10,000 baht for an MRI scan of his brain. But there was nothing wrong with him. He just wanted the scan sheet and turned that into the centrepiece painting of his current exhibition "Fault Lines" at H Project Space.
Worst of times, best of times
Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 17/09/2014
» Under the current control of the military government, it is both the best and worst time to say what’s on your mind. Worst because what you casually post online today can prompt an invitation to a military camp tomorrow.
Living poets' society
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 02/09/2013
» The winner of Thailand's most distinguished literary prize, the SEA Write Award, will be announced on Friday. The category for this year's competition is poetry, and to warm up for the big day, we talk to the finalists about their works and literary lives.