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Stacked deck
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 06/03/2015
» House Of Cards has returned for its third season. The political drama series starring Kevin Spacey as the 46th President of the United States has thrilled fans with its intense writing and backroom intrigue. After two successful seasons, the series now faces the challenge of keeping the momentum going.
Rips and tears, black and blue
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 28/01/2015
» At a New Year's party at CentralWorld, Soopakorn Srisakul took a picture of his friend as she lifted her arm, revealing a tear in her old black tank top. He wanted to frame her tight-fisted nature — her unwillingness to buy a new shirt — but he unintentionally captured something else: the resulting scar from breast implants that peeked through the hole. Soopakorn's arm also appears in the photograph, pushing her hand and hair aside to reveal a secret.
Spinning the Isan narrative
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 10/12/2014
» Maitree Siriboon's latest series of work currently on exhibition at Whitespace Gallery was conceived during his art residency at Thaillywood in Chon Buri earlier this year.
Art with the feminine touch
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 26/11/2014
» The paintings on the ground floor of Bridge Art Space at Charoen Krung are ostensibly feminine, but "Monologue" is an all-woman art show that wasn't intended. The assumption that art is feminine because it is made by female artists — Elissa Ecker, Melanie Gritzka del Villar and Aranya Khunchawattichai — comes naturally by extension.
More than words
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 10/11/2014
» In July, the National Library Board of Singapore pulled two books from the children's books shelves. One of them And Tango Makes Three is based on a true story about two male Chinstrap penguins raising a chick in Central Park Zoo. The other, The White Swan Express, mentions a lesbian couple.
Molam's mass movement
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 07/11/2014
» 'Molam can't be tamed," so the old saying goes. The years have certainly proven this true. From now until the end of March next year, the Jim Thompson Art Center presents "Joyful Khaen, Joyful Dance", an exhibition tracing the development of molam from its ritualistic roots in Isan, through its passage as anti-communism propaganda, to its current place in pop culture, where the once rural music is played to the cool or even international crowd of Bangkok.
H'yucking around with Goofy
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 30/09/2014
» Before Goofy was Goofy, he was a bearded old man with a puffy tail and no pants named Dippy Dawg.
Don't stop the presses!
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 01/09/2014
» Oatsawin is one of the very few remaining older writers who have worked at Sing Sian Yer Pao for more than three decades. Approximately half of the employees are Thai and write in Thai, which is then translated, and the other half are Chinese. Most of them are much younger than Oatsawin, who is 62.
The superior shredder
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 22/07/2014
» Ekachai Jearakul is so over competing in classical guitar competitions. His first place win at the 2014 Guitar Foundation of America International Artist Competition in Los Angeles, known as “the Olympics of classic guitar”, will also be his last.
Classical duo hit the right notes
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 24/04/2014
» The way we listen to music has changed dramatically over the last decade. Music in the physical format has become almost redundant and collecting vinyl, a privileged piece of nostalgia. We can now access any genre of music, from anywhere in the world, without owning it. We can find out the name of an unknown song via a mobile app and then stream the whole album for free.