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Beyond the conflict
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 15/08/2018
» A garden, a public beach, two art spaces -- "Re/Form/Ing Patani" spans four different venues. This decentralised pavilion of the Bangkok Biennial could almost appear as a stand-alone event, owing to its size -- the curators invited 23 Thai and international artists to take part in the project -- and its multiple sites.
Putting the art in artefact
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 08/08/2018
» What is in an artefact? Evidence of cultural or historical interest is restrained and appears unostentatious in Dusadee Huntrakul's solo exhibition "There Are More Monsoon Songs Elsewhere". Nevertheless, through the superposition of timelines and geographical locations, the imagined rituals, songs and dances of the everyday come to life at 100 Tonson Gallery.
Shining a light at the Bangkok Biennial
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 11/07/2018
» 'Coming Soon" sounds like the stuff of theatrical trailers. "Coming soon to a city near you" evokes the reproduction and decentralisation of a system, an ever-multiplying model and the balancing act between a one-size-fits-all mould and local specificities.
A harbinger of things to come
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 30/05/2018
» The fifth floor of an office tower may seem an unusual choice of venue for Indonesia's first museum of modern and contemporary art, but its geographical location puzzled local and regional art aficionados the most.
All that the eyes cannot see
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 14/07/2017
» Would you rather be blissfully blind or painfully aware?
Water, data, art!
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 28/06/2017
» Scott Kildall's map of Bangkok has bundles of fine electric wires criss-crossing, tangled around small water flasks.
The faces of the disappeared
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 03/02/2017
» From time to time, one comes across a news report about a man or a woman, killed for demanding their rights or standing in the way of influential figures.
The timeless present of the moment
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 02/02/2017
» When walking around Kamin Lertchaiprasert's installation Nothing Special, one enters a meditative state comparable to the one experienced by the artist as he was sculpting the 364 ceramic bowls used for his piece.
Better city planning 'reduces accidents'
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 27/07/2016
» Better urban design can reduce traffic fatalities among drivers and pedestrians in Thailand, road safety experts say.
UN urges regional crackdown on illicit wildlife trade
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 22/06/2016
» Southeast Asian authorities must work together to crack down on illicit wildlife and logging, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) experts urged at the Inter-regional Conference on Wildlife and Timber Trafficking.