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The elephant in the room
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 17/11/2016
» Last weekend, Something Missing, a performance by South Korea's Theatre Momggol and B-Floor Theatre, which won Best Movement-based Performance from the International Association of Theatre Critics (Thailand Centre) last year, was back at Thong Lor Art Space for its second instalment, called The Rite Of Passage.
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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.
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Who’ll show the elephant out of the room?
News, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 28/04/2016
» There's this huge elephant in this room, of which no one -- neither the military government nor the general public -- talks about out loud, and it's one of the most likely explanations why the regime has held on to power as long as it has.
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A monthly column rounding up the best of the capital's art scene
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 25/03/2015
» It's a real shame that works by Dutch artist Daan Botlek in "Inhabited Hypercube" were only displayed for a week at Cho Why gallery in Chinatown. Yet, that was a happy sign that curator Myrtille Tibayrenc's Toot Yung Gallery, who organised the exhibition as their first nomad project after her space closed down in Ekamai last year, is very much alive and doing rather well.
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From the past, into the future
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 10/02/2015
» There are three versions of Korakrit Arunanondchai, one of Thailand's hottest mavericks whose works have been shown internationally in recent years: first, Korakrit in person, who isn't the most comprehensible of talkers; second, the Korakrit he professes himself to be, which is a jeans-clad, fiery-haired, spontaneous painter and gangster/rapper performance artist.
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Angels of trash
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 07/01/2015
» Prasert Yodkaew's angel wings are made of a plug, a Chinese spoon, a bidet spray, a used toothbrush, a plastic fork, an amulet, nuts and bolts and some wires wrapped roughly in plastic cover.
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No elephant, But artists, In the room
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 08/05/2014
» ''‘The Other Room: Exploring The Other’s Life”, an art party in which more than 20 artists gathered last weekend, was set in an abandoned guest house slated for imminent demolition (although it will be rebuilt as Thong Lor Art Space). “The Other Room”, produced by Democrazy Theatre Studio, invited artists to make use of the space as is now, turning each room into a creative cocoon.
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The truth will out
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 08/01/2014
» Over the past few months, the social media in Thailand has literally turned from a playground for fun and entertaining diversions into a veritable battlefield. Facebook's bragging, attention-seeking statuses and narcissistic selfies have been replaced by quotes, reports, pictures and video clips attacking those on the opposite side of the political divide _ and to convince and confirm the righteousness of one's own camp.
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Charity auction of Ekachai Wankaew's paintings
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 09/12/2013
» For a young boy who was once rejected by the local school because of his disability, it seems almost an impossibility that Ekachai Wankaew has become not only an able artist, but also a graduate of Poh Chang Academy of Arts, Rajamangala University of Technology of Rattanakosin and an art professor.
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Questions of faith
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 29/07/2013
» In many ways, religious beliefs and subscriptions of faith in Thailand are enigmatic and inexplicable. This is a "Buddhist" country, and yet many people's beliefs are closely associated with the elements of folklore, from spirits to ghosts and other brands of superstition. Hindu gods, Chinese goddesses, Brahmin rites and pagan shrines are interweaved spiritually _ sometimes commercially _ with sacred amulets and guru monks (how else could the scandalous Luang Pu Nen Kham manage to do what he did?). Lord Buddha's teachings of self-reliance are held high, but there is always room for supplementary faiths to help Thais get through each difficult day.
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