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Reacting to the seen and unseen
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 21/09/2017
» Just a couple of blocks away from the busy Sanam Luang area, where preparations for the royal cremation ceremony have entered their final phase, the exhibition "Pause. A Reflection On Disarray" offers a little respite, a little time and space to ponder our human reactions to things that come our way -- mud splashes both physical and metaphorical.
Singing to a different tune
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 15/09/2017
» A factory warehouse nestled in an urban forest, Yelo House has nothing to envy other industrial buildings turned creative spaces that line the Chao Phraya riverfront.
Lumpini's cats run out of lives
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 11/09/2017
» Barely a year after the municipality staff employed at Lumpini Park set out to rid the facility's pond, alleys and lawns from monitor lizards, they are at it again.
Understanding the Orang Asli
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 05/09/2017
» They are often referred to as sakai, or slave. To most central Thais, they are known as ngoh, like the rambutan fruit, a derogatory term that refers to their curly hair. But besides that -- and besides being featured in well-known literature -- the people from the Orang Asli community are little known to the wider public. This is despite the 150,000 Orang Asli tribe members -- according to the Centre for Orang Asli Concerns -- still living in the Malay Peninsula.
Blue-sky thinking?
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 21/08/2017
» Over the last few months, crossing the Pathumwan intersection on foot was a near-impossible task requiring pedestrians to zig-zag along the mazes of malls and footpaths, as the pedestrian bridges were closed-off by a major construction site.
Saving the city
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 11/08/2017
» An activist fights against developers to stop mega-projects from taking over the city and destroying communities.
Taking the long view
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 09/08/2017
» Internationalism, nationalism, ecological and political woes: Asia is a region as vast as it is diverse, and yet a place of shared worries and ideologies. In the travelling exhibition "Soil And Stones, Souls And Songs", the richness of Asia is contemplated, and as one of the largest travelling exhibitions to visit Bangkok, it transforms as it moves, from one country to another, from one art space to the next -- swelling and shrinking to match room capacity, renewing itself at every stop.
Changing the face of Bangkok
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 31/07/2017
» A riverside promenade, an observation tower, new bridges and transportation lines -- just to name a few -- are among the numerous urban development projects that keep popping up on the government's agenda.
Uprooted
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 25/07/2017
» Pak Klong Talad, Bangkok's iconic flower market, is getting a fresh start in a new location, after vendors were swept off the old-town pavements last year.
All that the eyes cannot see
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 14/07/2017
» Would you rather be blissfully blind or painfully aware?