• LIFE

  Fair winds

  Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 10/11/2016

  » In the waters off Hua Hin's coastline, all was calm at first. Then, all of a sudden, a strong wind picked up, sending a young boy and his sailing dinghy to clash with another boat, which was leading the race.

• LIFE

  Structures of the overlooked

  Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 06/05/2015

  » In the exhibition "Subcutaneous Infrastructure" at Bridge Art Space, a set of plaster sculptures by Natee Tubtimthong and those made of metal wire with found objects by Wisut Yimprasert don't clash, but complement one another with smooth cohesion.

• THAILAND

  What's in a name?

  Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 02/11/2016

  » For "smooth cultural integration", Thai international study agency Smart NZ Education advises that students with nicknames like Poo, Pee and Porn consider alternatives. The issue made headlines earlier last month after a report by the New Zealand Herald indicated that students might get "harassed if nothing is done". That's not unlikely, despite the fact that "faeces", "urine" and "pornography" -- the formal English words for the aforementioned nicknames -- weren't exactly those parents' intention when their children first came into the world.

• LIFE

  Sense behind the madness

  Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 08/07/2016

  » One is either enthralled, frustrated or confused by Apichatpong Weerasethakul's films. It's possibly a reflex of a complex and conflicting emotion -- you are not sure whether it's yourself as an audience or Apichatpong as a filmmaker that inspire those reactions.

• LIFE

  The air of familiarity

  Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 25/02/2015

  » Three artists, three exhibitions, three mediums, one message

• LIFE

  Brave new world

  Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 21/09/2016

  » At NACC, a small and bare art space in the much-hyped Soi Nana near the Hua Lamphong MRT station, works in different media -- installation, photography and video -- from five artists are thrown together. One video shows a sound artist, covered in the fluidity of lighting projection, lost in his own music while another features a woman holding a block of ice in the middle of the sea.

• THAILAND

  Protest, die, repeat?

  Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 18/05/2016

  » Sunday marks the second anniversary of the 2014 military takeover, the second coup d'etat in Thailand in a decade and the 12th successful one since absolute monarchy was overthrown in 1932. And three months from now, in August, the highly controversial charter referendum will take place.

• LIFE

  Blinded by the light

  Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 25/05/2016

  » As stated in the text, "Oscillation", an exhibition at Chulalongkorn University's Art Center which opened earlier this month, "considers a state of actively moving back and forth between multiple reference points and ideas, during which meanings are produced and reproduced".

• LIFE

  NYC attitude in BKK

  Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 30/03/2016

  » The thing is Korakrit Arunanondchai is coming to town. And whether you love or hate the denim-clad, fiery-haired New York-based artist, it's very likely that, starting this weekend, he will be pretty much taking over the Bangkok art scene.

• LIFE

  Mixed media

  Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 26/08/2015

  » Photo Bangkok 2015 continues in galleries throughout the capital. It seems, however, that the festival will have to wait until “Weatherproof” at WTF Gallery and “Rediscovering Forgotten Thai Masters Of Photography” at Bangkok University Gallery open in September before it’s back in the spotlight again.

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