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Stacked deck
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 06/03/2015
» House Of Cards has returned for its third season. The political drama series starring Kevin Spacey as the 46th President of the United States has thrilled fans with its intense writing and backroom intrigue. After two successful seasons, the series now faces the challenge of keeping the momentum going.
Sculpting Complex, Urban Cityscapes
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 04/03/2015
» Rattana Salee and Therdkiat Wangwatchakul walk the streets of Bangkok, recording what they see with a camera, imprinting images in their minds. Their Bangkok is personal, one that transforms frantically on the surface, and even more tumultuously below. "Representing Localities: Memory And Experience" at Thavibu Gallery presents their lives in the city, where urban development is the setting for sober contemplation.
The giving team
Muse, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 28/02/2015
» Spend two nights in a pool villa on a private island for 40% of the listed price? Use that money to support a foundation that teaches children to swim by contributing to the renovation of toilets and shower facilities instead of simply paying the hotel? The gift of giving is now possible — and literal — with just a few clicks on socialgiver.com.
Now, Still Showing
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 27/02/2015
» In 1978, Sutin Wangpaibul lived next to a temple in Thon Buri. He was in Prathom 5, and each Friday he would rush home to complete his homework so he could go to the open-air movies at the temple grounds in the evening.
For the love of beer
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 27/02/2015
» It was 7pm on a recent Wednesday. A few drinkers reclined on bean bags, scattered in the garden of No.26, Ekamai Soi 10, Yaek 2, behind a bright blue gate. Mikkeller sits almost inconspicuously among quiet family homes, though I've ridden in many cabs that know exactly where I am going when I say: "Soi 10 Yaek 2."
Illustrating the ideal
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 10/02/2015
» As a child, Tatchamapan Chanchamrassang, aka Pomme Chan, was a nerd, she says. She used to read manga comics and then she starting making up her own stories and drawing her own manga. She loved Ai Yazawa's Nana.
Made in the tropics
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 04/02/2015
» Transcending the cliquishness ever apparent in the Bangkok arts world, curator Linjie Zhou has put together an exuberant group show at HOF Art. "Tropikos" features three home-grown artists and three hailing from Curitiba, Brazil.
Rich tapestry of Thai society
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 02/02/2015
» All things considered, the 14 stories in the collection translated by Marcel Barang read like a list of social issues a Thai should be aware of: participating in last year's protests without genuine understanding and interest; having an affair with someone of an opposing political colour; the death of red-shirt poet Mai Nueng; violence in the South; hilltop villages; the move from local farms to factory farming. And Buddhism.
Rips and tears, black and blue
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 28/01/2015
» At a New Year's party at CentralWorld, Soopakorn Srisakul took a picture of his friend as she lifted her arm, revealing a tear in her old black tank top. He wanted to frame her tight-fisted nature — her unwillingness to buy a new shirt — but he unintentionally captured something else: the resulting scar from breast implants that peeked through the hole. Soopakorn's arm also appears in the photograph, pushing her hand and hair aside to reveal a secret.
Strictly come dancing
Muse, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 24/01/2015
» Navinda “Lordfai” Pachimsawat Vadtanakovint was beginning an improvisation class at Bangkok Dance Academy in Siam Paragon when one of her students complained that she was tired, hungry and not feeling it. Navinda took the entire class to the supermarket. They bought potato chips, jellies and Pocky biscuits, and went back up to the studio. The class then revolved around snacks, drawing from the structure of where the snacks were located and movements happening around them.