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Unlocking a city's potential
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 24/12/2021
» Five years ago, the Creative Economy Agency (CEA) developed Charoen Krung to be the first creative district in Bangkok. Before the old Charoen Krung could become an area of hip café, restaurants, bars and art galleries, people at CEA organised focus groups and listened to opinions of more than 500 local people in the community. To serve the community in accordance to their opinions, CEA decided to work on five projects -- recreating the public riverfront, developing abandoned shophouses, creating green pocket landscape, connecting local alleys and designing signage for walkable districts.
Tough as nails
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 18/10/2021
» A painting -- A Disproportionate Burden #21, #22, #23 and #24 -- created from charcoal, acrylic and oil which depicts unhappy and miserable faces was inspired when artist Pichai Pongsasaovapark met farmers while working on his latest collection, "A Disproportionate Burden".
Reviving an old tradition
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 29/09/2021
» Many fishermen have died in storms and become ghosts haunting the sea. At first, the ghosts wanted to return to shore, but after they found surfboards floating nearby, they no longer wanted to return.
Hidden potential
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 15/09/2021
» At the Thailand Animator Festival 6 (TAF6) last month, organised by Sputnik Tales Studio and the Office of Contemporary Art and Culture under the Ministry of Culture, animations Little Miss Dungjai, Play With Me, The Blue Curtain, Nowhere and A Roadside Story were among the 10 winners selected from 192 entrants.
Emerging from a year of illness and isolation
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 09/06/2021
» In a quiet and gloomy world, a girl walks alone on empty and winding roads. The girl is a character in the paintings Alone1 and Alone2 from the Covid-19 pandemic-inspired collection "Linetopia" by Apiwat Bunler. Periods of stay-at-home and self-isolation had a strong impact on independent artist Apiwat, who also bartends in his own bar, Barley, where he meets many people.
Sending messages of hope
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 04/05/2021
» After artist Vasan Sitthiket returned to Thailand, he experienced Covid-19 lockdown.
A disappearing river
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 24/03/2021
» Artist Disorn Duangdao is one of the many people who has seen the Mekong River in Chiang Khong, Chiang Rai, change from muddy brown to an aquamarine colour. Although the blue river looks beautiful to tourists, it is actually a sign that the river is starving of vital sediment because dams in China are preventing it from flowing downstream. Another negative impact caused by the dam is that the river has dried up so much that the rocks in the bed can be seen for the first time.
Come learn the history of Thai toons
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 18/03/2021
» To promote and raise awareness of the importance of Thai comics as a cultural heritage resource, the Fine Arts Department has organised the exhibition "Nangsue Cartoon Thai Chailai Kwa Thee Kid (Thai Comic Books Are Cooler Than You Think)", which tells the history and evolution of Thai cartoons from the early Rattanakosin period to the present.
Drawing what the eye sees
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 24/02/2021
» Residents of the Mahakan Fort Community were evicted from their homes in 2017 after the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) decided to turn the historic area into a public park. Before everything was torn down, Bangkok Sketcher, a group of artists who draw on location, visited the site to capture the final moments of the community. Three urban sketchers in the group -- Suppachai Vongnoppadondacha, aka Louis Sketcher, Pitirat Yoswattana and Sompong Ngamsangrat -- were overwhelmed to witness the scene and were drawn to the architectural structures that would soon be demolished.
Adapting to new trends
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 07/01/2021
» When leading music label Kamikaze -- a subsidiary of RS Music, which has launched many popular artists such as Faye Fang Kaew (FFK), Four Mod and K-OTIC -- shut down in 2017 due to digital disruption of the music industry, nobody expected the label to return.