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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.
A monthly column rounding up the best of the capital’s art scene
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 19/11/2014
» At Yet-Space, there was fried chicken which looked like KFC but tasted worse. At Speedy Grandma, the hipsters, as usual, seemed perfectly fine with Asahi draught as their sole sustenance. At Bangkok University Gallery there was food but I wasn't there in time to see what it was. In this month's column, which rounds up the best food served in the capital's art scene, The Jam Factory Gallery was a sure winner.
Bambi gets sexy
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 11/09/2014
» In more than one way, ongoing performance The Last Schomburgk’s Deer at Crescent Moon Space is starkly raw and honest pornography.
Curses, solitude and desire
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 11/09/2014
» As soon as the rain stops, the nightmare begins. Despite the vibrant lights of River City on the other side of Chao Phraya River and the boats that pass by in the background, the five dancers in Jitti Chompee's latest work Little Room In Etienne Marcel manage to take the audience to a very dark place of solitude and filthy desire.
A cut above
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 13/03/2014
» No woman has ever been allowed in Schorem Haarsnijder en Barbier (Schorem haircutter and barber) in Rotterdam, the shop’s founders Bertus and Leen said without any trace of fear that this might be offensive to the opposite sex. They once even refused entry to a female journalist assigned to write a story about their shop.
Bitter sweet 16
Muse, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 18/01/2014
» Last year was a roller coaster-ride for 16-year-old actress Sutatta "PunPun" Udomsilp. Just as she had reached the peak of her career as a star on the TV hit Hormones The Series, a photo of her using what appeared to be crystal meth leaked online, making her subject to harrowing scrutiny from the media and public.
Quiet roars in the lion city
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 19/12/2013
» Among the artists from Southeast Asia and beyond featured at this year's Singapore Biennale _ and I concede there may be some bias in my saying so _ those from Thailand, albeit only a handful, made quite an impact.
Art when it alteration finds
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 13/11/2013
» From now until February next year, Singapore has a lot more to offer than Orchard Road, the water-spouting Merlion and crunchy Garret popcorn. The fourth edition of the Singapore Biennale, arguably the biggest art festival in all of Southeast Asia, is now in top gear, and the Bras Basah and Bugis Street areas have been transformed into an artistic hub where visitors, local and foreign, can soak up art in all its possible incarnations.
All the world's a stage
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 30/10/2013
» Plays, musicals, contemporary dance, pantomime, physical and experimental theatre, performing acts for children and families _ you name it _ the Bangkok Theatre Festival returns for the 11th year this Saturday, highlighting the city's small yet thriving scene.