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Gucci Visions debuts at EMSPHERE, Bangkok
Published on 14/06/2024
» "We are delighted to present Gucci Visions here in Bangkok, a city known for its vibrant fashion scene. This immersive exhibition offers a panoramic view of the House’s 103-year history and is the first in Southeast Asia, after its successful debuts in Florence and Tokyo. Our ambition is to bring Gucci closer to the heart of Asia, where visitors will be able to experience Gucci’s power of creativity through a display of iconic designs and rich Italian legacy."
A Thai actor takes the stage at Cannes
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 22/05/2024
» In a dreary rural town in Taiwan, illegal Southeast Asian workers live a precarious existence toiling away in farms or homes while enduring tough bosses and prying authorities. Most of them are from the Philippines or Indonesia, but there are also a large number from Myanmar and Thailand.
Cannes asks: Cinema anyone?
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 17/05/2024
» To remind us that we're here because of cinema, the 77th Cannes Film Festival did an uncanny double bill on its first day. The festival opened on Tuesday and will run until May 25. On the first afternoon, before the ritzy kerfuffle of the opening red carpet, Cannes screened the first part of the restored 1927 silent film Napoleon, an audacious epic of the French Revolution by Abel Gance, who 97 years ago tested the limits of what cinema could do with exhilarating results (the entire film runs for seven hours; we were treated to the first four here).