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Bridging the gap
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 24/10/2018
» Ancient temples and modern art. They seem like two ends of a cultural spectrum that wouldn't seem to bridge well with one another.
The Killers kill it at Thunder Dome
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 26/09/2018
» Despite the absolute chaos of acquiring wristbands to enter Thunder Dome's concert hall (VIJI Corp, please figure this out), Las Vegas-based rock band The Killers made up for it 10 times over with possibly one of the best rock concert experiences in Thailand this year.
The Script returns for a Bangkok rewrite
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 24/04/2018
» After charming the Thai crowd at their sold-out show with their upbeat and positive rock anthems three years ago, Irish three-piece band The Script will be back in Bangkok this Saturday, performing its hit songs, including those from their and latest chart-topping album Freedom Child at Impact Arena, Muang Thong Thani.
In his own time
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 09/03/2018
» Out of the countless international concerts planned for Bangkok this year, one announcement caused an appropriate collective freak-out. In a short promo video, nine-time Grammy- and Academy Award-winning recording artist John Legend, with his half-Thai, half-Norwegian wife, Chrissy Teigen, greeted Thai fans with a cheery "Sawasdee".
Familiar beauty
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 11/10/2017
» Hung on the 4th and 5th floors of the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre are familiar photographs of Buddhist statues, stunning ancient pagodas, and people and monks absorbed in prayer. The photos, taken by veteran Italian photographer Andrea Pistolesi are highly dramatic -- sometimes overly so, with high dynamic range effects, high contrast, and interesting textures superimposed on top.
What's trending and happening this week
Muse, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 01/07/2017
» 1. As part of the Bangkok Design Festival at ChangChui, contemporary dancer Lordfai Navinda Pachimsawat and a few collaborators will be performing Human at the newly launched creative artspace in Thon Buri. Performing at the abandoned aeroplane site, Human explores the progression of time, physical and mental development, origin and destination, and how people experiment with different experiences in a lifetime. Admission is free and will take place on 8pm today and at 7pm tomorrow.
Subversive, perverse, funny, honest?
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 10/03/2017
» Joan Cornellà's art isn't for the sensitive of heart. Masked in bright colours and empty smiles of his characters, his comics are vile, controversial, politically incorrect and uncomfortable. But to the right kind of person, they're absolutely hilarious.