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Fast and Furious 8: Life in the slow lane
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 21/08/2013
» I got on a No. 8 bus the other day expecting to experience what people have been talking about this past week _ a nightmare. Taking a seat at the back, I braced myself for some action _ the sudden lurching off and slamming of brakes, cursing from the driver, yelling from the conductor, pulling up at the wrong spots, dropping passengers off in the middle of the road, and the speeding up and overtaking of other buses.
Butoh invades Bangkok
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 08/08/2014
» The recently opened Thong Lor Art Space presents "Butoh Bangkok", a three-day show with three butoh performances by Thai and international artists from tomorrow until Sunday.
The foetus between us
Muse, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 09/08/2014
» Dancer Kittiphon Udomrattanakulchai has literally found her muse within herself. A few months into her pregnancy, she became amazed and inspired by how her body had developed to protect the baby in her womb. That sense of wonder has turned into A Fetus’ Dream, an ongoing butoh performance at Crescent Moon Theatre.
Banking on the future
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 20/08/2014
» Everybody from the Baan Koh Tiab fishing community in Chumphon knows Jang Fungfeung.
Building Lego houses
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 09/10/2014
» For Teerawat Mulvilai, veteran performer and B-Floor Theatre’s artistic director, Thailand moves forward by balancing on a ball and people seem glad to start all over again after tumbling down.
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.
Thai-style Girl X
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 04/06/2015
» Japanese Suguru Yamamoto's Girl X which visited Bangkok Theatre Festival last year was a heartbreaking story of loss told with incredibly precise art direction, winning the festival's awards for Best Original Script and Best Play.
Keeping secrets
Muse, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 01/08/2015
» It was many years ago, during one of Dujdao Vadhanapakorn’s dance rehearsals, when the image of an old staircase suddenly flashed into her head. It happened more than once, sometimes while driving home after rehearsals, that other shocking, painful memories she thought were long-buried and forgotten came surging up.
December's wonderful fruit
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 20/10/2015
» Following the first line-up announcement last month, the four-day camping festival of arts and lifestyle, Wonderfruit, released its second list of artists and activities for the 2015 edition last week.
Pattaya boat show back with a splash
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 20/11/2015
» Extravagant and luxurious, the annual Ocean Marina Pattaya Boat Show is back once again from Nov 26-29 at the Ocean Marina Yacht Club Pattaya, the largest international-standard marina in Southeast Asia.