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Yearning for lost dreams
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 10/06/2015
» With shots of a shocking eyesore of a pink sofa, a rundown back room in what appears to be a cheap bar, and a group of scantily-clad young women under gaudy neon lights, British-Thai photographer Cattleya Jaruthavee infuses Kathmandu Photo Gallery with a sense of lost youth and impossible yearnings in her solo exhibition "Paused Dreams".
Stage whispers
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 27/05/2015
» The artistic career of Thanapol Virulhakul, director of the critically acclaimed contemporary dance performance Hipster The King, is a work-in-progress. It started out with a thesis project at Thammasat University's Faculty of Journalism and Mass Communication, in which he made Buddhist amulets out of chocolate, sold them on the street and filmed reactions of passers-by and amulet experts.
Structures of the overlooked
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 06/05/2015
» In the exhibition "Subcutaneous Infrastructure" at Bridge Art Space, a set of plaster sculptures by Natee Tubtimthong and those made of metal wire with found objects by Wisut Yimprasert don't clash, but complement one another with smooth cohesion.
Let's talk about sex
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 02/04/2015
» In her bold and honest solo performance, One Night Stand, dance artist Vidura Amaranand begins by talking about sex — that raw, insuppressible animal desire — but ends by contemplating the act of making love: pure, sentimental and soulful, almost to the point where the carnal surrenders to the spiritual.
The fine art of intimidation
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 27/01/2015
» Actress Ornanong Thaisriwong slowly opened the louvre windows and shouted out the following questions and statements, in different voices, to an empty balcony on the fourth floor of Thonglor Art Space.
Hong Kong protest provokes Thai navel-gazing
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 01/10/2014
» As I write this, the latest Facebook status of Sombat Boonngamanong, leader of Thai pro-democracy group Red Sunday, reads: "Hong Kongers are not happy".
Heroic battle of wills
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 04/09/2014
» A musical that finished its run at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre last Sunday focused on a prominent Thai writer and social activist imprisoned by a dictatorial government merely for “expressing different views”.
Art in experiment
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 27/08/2014
» 'The Experimental Video Art Exhibition" on show at Bangkok Art & Culture Centre (BACC) is certainly not something meant to be easily comprehended. Visiting the venue, even after a second or third time, is always a puzzling and exhausting undertaking.
War of words
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 27/01/2014
» When the red shirts camped out at Rajamangala Stadium last December to support PM Yingluck Shinawatra, a popular quip among the anti-Thaksin camp was that the football field needed a proper re-turf as those "kwai daeng", or red buffalo, had eaten all the grass.
Not in my baan
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 06/09/2013
» The banning of two Thai films, Insects In The Backyard in 2010, and Shakespeare Must Die last year, has drawn strong criticism from a lot of people both in terms of the freedom of expression and the censor board's judgement.