Showing 1 - 10 of 11
Cool Thailand?
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 29/04/2016
» It is only with reference to J-pop or K-pop that we have a clue as to what the word "T-pop" could possibly mean: an attempt at cultural export -- film, music and other forms of entertainment -- to create a "Thai brand" of cool. It's better late than never, so the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has recently launched a campaign, with Thai star Mario Maurer as the presenter, with the aim to boost tourism in Thailand and expand the entertainment market in China.
An unlikely muse to art of endurance
News, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 31/03/2016
» So what's the latest? Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon said the draft charter by the Meechai Ruchupan-led Constitution Drafting Committee -- yes, the one with a wholly-appointed Senate and fixed senator posts for armed forces and police chiefs -- is up for the referendum and, I quote, "No one will dare to touch it."
Regional revolution
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 03/02/2016
» 'An art fair is always a commercial event," said Lorenzo Rudolf, founder and president of Art Stage Singapore whose sixth edition ended last month. There's not a response more apt than that to a common complaint like: "Oh, but Art Stage is too commercial." It's an art fair, and quite naturally, as Rudolf added in an interview during the fair, "the galleries come here to sell".
Poor me
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 21/01/2016
» While Crescent Moon Theatre presents the Thai-Korean collaboration Mai Pen Rai Project, Democrazy Theatre Studio is kicking off 2016 with Peerapol Kijreunpiromsuk's directorial debut Plan B.
(Authorised) art attack
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 20/01/2016
» Around this time in 2014, the late artist Mamafaka's one-eyed gigantic monster Mr. HellYeah, spray-painted at the ruins near BTS Ratchathewi, was "bombed" by another graffiti group. The original graffiti was done as part of the first edition of street art festival Bukruk in 2013, and when the controversy about it being defaced erupted, the unauthorised vandalism of the authorised vandalism exemplied the very essence of street art: nothing is permanent.
Post-apocalyptic survival
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 18/09/2015
» Hitting cinemas in Thailand yesterday, Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, a sequel to the film series by director Wes Ball based on James Dashner's young-adult science fiction trilogy, is a direct continuation from its first instalment last year, which earned over US$345.5 million (12 billion baht) at the box office worldwide.
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”.
Revisiting truth and integrity
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 29/08/2014
» At the ending of the 1937 novel Khang Lang Phap (Behind The Painting), author Kularb Saipradit, also known as Sri Burapha, wrote: “I die without the one who loves me, but my heart is fulfilled that there’s someone whom I love.”
The Jim Thompson Art Center
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 28/05/2014
» Soi Kasemsan 2 Until August 30 Open Tue-Sat Call 02-216-7368
Making a splash
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 30/12/2013
» From traditional paintings and installations that challenged the definition of art, to retrospectives reconnecting us to notable artists, it's been another exciting year for the city's art scene. We asked five critics and curators to choose their event of the year