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Cool, complicated art
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 27/05/2015
» This month's Art Matters runs the whole page. Should you find the idea unbearably tedious, here's a solution: the next paragraph pretty much sums up what's going on in the Bangkok art scene and, once done, you can go continue with more enjoyable things in life. Here goes:
Flight of fancy
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 21/05/2015
» Since its launch last year, the five-storey Thonglor Art Space has hardly been short of crowd-pleasing stage productions. After The Lady Of Siam: The Musical, an adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion, New Theatre Society's director Damkerng Thitapiyasak is set to present comedy Fly With Me, Free Breakfast, an adaptation from the classic farce Boeing-Boeing by French playwright Marc Camoletti.
The biggest opera in history
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 21/05/2015
» Thai-American author and composer Somtow Sucharitkul's opera The Silent Prince (Temiya Jataka) premiered in Houston five years ago to rave reviews. Last year, his restructured Mahajanaka Symphony, built on the success of his ballet-opera Suriyothai, was met with equal success. So with two down and another eight tales from the epic cycle of the Dasjati Jatakas (Ten Lives Of The Buddha) to go, Somtow's ballet-opera Bhuridat (The Dragon Lord), opening tomorrow at Thailand Cultural Centre, marks the third and the beginning of a five-year project to create and stage all episodes.
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.
Two sides to everything
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 30/04/2015
» The idea for Between, a collaborative stage performance by Nikorn Saetang and Ben Busarakamwong, came about through Nikorn's observations of Ben's life stories and viewpoints expressed through his Facebook posts. Attracted to Ben's ideas and the energy of the theatre scene's new generation, Nikorn approached him to be a part of the production.
Art for our sake
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 27/03/2015
» The thing that has been bugging me for the past few months is that every time I write about art, I just can't seem to escape Speedy Grandma, a small gallery in Charoen Krung.
A monthly column rounding up the best of the capital's art scene
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 25/03/2015
» It's a real shame that works by Dutch artist Daan Botlek in "Inhabited Hypercube" were only displayed for a week at Cho Why gallery in Chinatown. Yet, that was a happy sign that curator Myrtille Tibayrenc's Toot Yung Gallery, who organised the exhibition as their first nomad project after her space closed down in Ekamai last year, is very much alive and doing rather well.
Inspiration of a sexual provocateur
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 18/03/2015
» Thai-American artist Michael Shaowanasai describes the new collection currently on display at Adler Subhashok Gallery as being formed by a process resembling sexual intercourse: he lay passively while letting his partners, or those who created the pieces from his concept and instructions, do the work for him.
Trainwreck from top to bottom
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 03/03/2015
» Perhaps what one remembers best about a third-class train ride in Thailand is the shower you take afterwards — the lumps of dust coming out of your nose, the grimy water running off your body and how washing your hair three times isn't enough to take the odour of metal away.
And the award goes to...
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 26/02/2015
» The city’s most innovative plays and performances were celebrated on Tuesday night at the third edition of 2014 IATC Thailand Dance and Theatre Review awards at Bangkok Art and Culture Centre.