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Making connections, not cash
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 21/01/2015
» Artist Pisitakun Kuantalaeng, 28, was once a Yellow Shirt. In less than a decade, Pisitakun went from a fervent supporter of anti-Thaksin politics and airport seizures to an artist who took to the streets after the junta seized power last May.
WWI centenary commemoration honours Siamese soldiers
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 11/11/2014
» Yod Sangrungruan died on Oct 9, 2003. He was the last remaining soldier of the 1,284 members of the Siamese Expeditionary Corps, who fought with the Allies in World War I against the Central Powers.
A reflective stage
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 05/11/2014
» As per tradition, this year's Bangkok Theatre Festival kicked off last weekend at Santi Chaiprakan Park in Bang Lamphu, with a packed two-day programme. The Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC), however, is the main arena for this year's event, and will host a wide range of shows, from musicals and movement-based performances to pantomime and puppetry, for the next two weeks.
Worst of times, best of times
Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 17/09/2014
» Under the current control of the military government, it is both the best and worst time to say what’s on your mind. Worst because what you casually post online today can prompt an invitation to a military camp tomorrow.
The dream maker
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 14/07/2014
» An old photograph inside Ferrari’s headquarters in Maranello, northern Italy, shows a young, long-haired man brimming with joy and anticipation as a red racing car approaches the finishing line. It shows the 1974 Spanish Grand Prix and Niki Lauda’s first grand prix victory. The young man is Luca Cordero di Montezemolo; then Ferrari Formula One team manager and now, more than 40 years later, the chairman of Ferrari.
Same show, different stage
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 20/06/2014
» Contemporary stage performance Hipster The King, which finished its run at Democrazy Theatre Studio yesterday, reminded me of the situation Thailand is in right now.
Pichet conferred with French decoration
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 16/06/2014
» There was a packed house at the Chulalongkorn University theatre last week when Pichet Klunchun and Yum Keiko Takayama performed French dance company A.lter S.essio’s production of Loss as part of La Fete, the annual Franco-Thai cultural festival, which continues until next month.
The Physicists defies gravity
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 05/06/2014
» Nothing about The Physicists seemed promising. The play, an adaptation of Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s Die Physiker, was staged at GOJA Gallery Café in Phra Kanong and finished its run last Monday. There is an obvious reason for it not being staged in a proper theatre — the place is but a small two-block gallery where actors ran outside when they finished their parts while those who were yet to come out were hiding in a tiny bathroom. The light and sound control team took over the barista’s area. Seats for the audience were awkwardly arranged around the room as leaning on the wall was not advised after some art on display fell and one of the audience members had to pay for it. All this, personally, didn’t bode well for either the quality or the seriousness of the production. But I was quite wrong.
The man beneath the fedora
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 29/05/2014
» Theatre-goers may still remember Thanapol Virulhakul’s production of Transaction at Democrazy Theatre Studio last year, an interactive performance which took a thought-provoking look into commercialism.
Social commentators sparked by venal motives?
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 05/03/2014
» It seems that terms like “Thainess” and khon dee (good person) have lately become retrograde, even repulsive, concepts to some people. They speak of “Thainess” as if it were an antiquated personality trait that is holding us back and “khon dee” is looked upon with a sneer, as if trying to make someone a good person will automatically rid him or her of all liberal leanings.