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Swimming fools
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 28/11/2018
» Scandinavian artistic duo Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset -- two of the world's most admired artists, whose giant, vertical swimming-pool structure is now on show as part of the Bangkok Art Biennale 2018 -- have a penchant for the fun, absurd and provocative.
Gone with the water
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 21/09/2018
» In the past two weeks, regulars to one of Chinatown's most iconic street food stalls, Khao Gaeng Jek Pui (Jek Pui Curry), may have noticed something a little different. In the usually impenetrable line of red stools, where hungry locals sit to eat their curry-topped-rice sans table, there is a gap. The perpetually closed green wooden doors of the Eah Seng building -- in front of which Jek Pui's stall has been operating for seven decades and which is a common representation of Chinatown in street photography -- is now open.
Masters of puppets
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 22/08/2018
» To the younger generation of Southeast Asia, shadow puppetry may seem like a bygone form of entertainment. Held outdoors at night in temple compounds, rice fields or the royal court, the performance traditionally unfolds behind a stretch of white cloth illuminated by oil lamps. Puppet masters manipulate the intricate and painstakingly handcrafted puppets to local music, narrating and acting stories from the Ramayana or the Mahabharata epics peppered with improvisation in between. A shadow theatre performance, in some cases, can last up to seven hours long.
The writing's on the wall
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 16/03/2018
» In the past month, outrage surrounding the Italian-Thai mogul's alleged killings of protected animals -- chiefly a black leopard -- manifested itself into a form of protest that's rarely ever seen in Thailand: Street art.
Making waves
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 06/02/2018
» Imagine being on a 20m-long sailboat crammed with at least 10 other people. Imagine spending 22 days on that boat, crashing through terrifying and treacherous seas in the most remote areas on the planet. You're soaking wet, sleep deprived, eating freeze-dried food with no toilet or shower. Imagine doing that for nine months with a few weeks of rest in between, just to get your name engraved on a single trophy with no prize money.