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Learning how to fly
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 01/02/2019
» "First, let's be honest. When you think of Klong Toey what do you imagine? Remember that image and look at yourself in a mirror. In there is a reflection of your own prejudices," writes textile designer Kamonart Ongwandee on the walls of Conne(x)tKlongtoey -- a powerful and poignant art project whose exhibition runs now to Sunday in Charoen Krung's O.P. Place.
Power from within
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 19/12/2018
» For 10 years, Chinese photographer Lou Yang has been taking pictures of girls. Unlike the proper, sickly-sweet and overly-feminine girls that Chinese mainstream media entrusts the world to see, Yang's girls cross the line of tradition and expectations while walking the line between fragility and strength.
Mother's Day is not for everyone
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 13/08/2018
» Mother's Day in Thailand has come and gone, and to those who felt a sense of unease throughout the jubilant day, you are not alone.
A bewildering kaleidoscope
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 26/10/2017
» Have you ever been so tired of life to the point that you want to escape into a different dimension? Marcelo Von Schwartz, an Argentinian film director, architect, art photographer and sound architect, attempts to find a way into that dimension. In his solo exhibition "Escape", which runs at RMA Institute (Sukhumvit 22) until Nov 4, Bangkok's waterways are warped into wormholes, buildings are turned into anti-gravitational spaceships, and streets are distorted to become little worlds that puts viewers into a trance-like state.
What's trending and happening this week.
Muse, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 07/10/2017
» 1. October marks the one-year anniversary of His Majesty King Bhumibol's passing, and in a gesture of dedication and remembrance, ChangChui creative hub in Thon Buri is holding a month-long programme called From Particles To Father's Universe, featuring numerous art exhibitions and talks on His Majesty and his works. Highlights include the Silence Of The Universe art exhibition, consisting of a collaboration of over 70 artists, talk sessions from PorLeawDee - The Creator, live music from Silpakorn University's Faculty of Music and tastings of nine favourite dishes of His Majesty. The programme will run from now until Oct 29, Tuesdays to Sundays (free on weekdays; 40 baht on the weekends), 11am-11pm at ChangChui. For more information visit their Facebook page.
Heartbeats with piano tweaks
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 10/08/2017
» The first sounds heard even before your entrance into the world are your mother's hypnotic heartbeat. It's generally believed that it is a sound critical for the development of a foetus -- a biological and emotional connection unlike any other.
We ain't Nate, mate
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 21/07/2017
» Nathan Bartling, aka "My Mate Nate", is a hero to some and a low-life to many. The Mormon missionary-turned-local-YouTube star has been plastered all over the news this week once again -- finding himself on the end of public outrage after his latest stunt of trying to flatten coins on Bangkok's railroad tracks. The whole event may seem like an overreaction, but this hasn't been the first time that the 24-year-old American has angered locals and expats due to his juvenile stunts.
Graceful, mesmerising, haunting
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 17/05/2017
» 'Beautiful", "metaphysical" and "concept heavy" would be the best words to describe Kathmandu Photo Gallery's latest exhibition "Dryopes".
A piercing kind of peace
Muse, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 13/05/2017
» In the dimly-lit, cosy treatment room of the Mandarin Oriental Spa, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) specialist Ken Rosen was balancing himself on a wooden board placed atop of a wooden cylinder. It was an image few would expect to see from a professional acupuncturist.
Poetry in motion
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 31/03/2017
» When one thinks of Van Cleef & Arpels, the iconic range of four-leaf clover jewels known as the Alhambra Collection typically comes to mind. However, the French high-jewellery brand does much more than that. For more than a century since its founding, the maison has also been creating timepieces, called Poetic Complications, packed full with impressive complications and stunning jewellery-making techniques only found within the brand.