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Feel the fear, again
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 23/03/2017
» Short review of Yuree Kensaku's "New Paintings" as the second phase of her "Atmosfear" exhibition at 100 Tonson Gallery: an anticlimax.
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A quiet weekend of dance
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 15/12/2016
» The 11th International Butoh Festival kicked off last week with performances Sonata For An Uninhibited Body by Rosana Barra, Oju Obá -- The Eyes Of The Falling King, The Eyes Of The Rising King by Calé Miranda and Indonesian performer Tony Broer's untitled show. Awaiting Butoh fans on this second and final weekend is one of the festival's highlights: Quiet House, a collaboration piece by Japan's Takayuki Takita and Yuko Kawamoto, and Teerawat Mulvilai from B-Floor Theatre.
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From the valleys to Bangkok
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 25/03/2016
» Ever since the beginning of the year, Bangkok has not been short of world-class musical icons flying in to grace Thai fans, from Madonna to Santana to most recently David Foster. So it's not unusual that the legendary Welsh singer Tom Jones is next to dazzle Thai audiences.
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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.
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Edgy film gets axe but soap rapes go on
News, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 24/11/2016
» It is with a frustratingly slow pace that Motel Mist, SEA Write Award-winner Prabda Yoon's debut feature film, starts off and it remains slow until much later on in the film.
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Get into the groove -- Madonna is here
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 09/02/2016
» Yes, Madonna is singing live tonight. And yes, Madonna is definitely by now somewhere in Bangkok, after photos showing her arrive at the airport on Sunday night popped up online, enough for her "children" across Thailand to swoon. As you read this, just take a moment to get this fact registered in your head the Queen of Pop is actually here on the same soil as the rest of us, breathing this same polluted Bangkok air. She could be queuing up for some moo ping for breakfast on the streets, or on the back of a motorcycle to Platinum in search for new looks, we don't know.
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A rather fruity affair
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 24/12/2015
» The second edition of Wonderfruit, a four-day festival of arts, ended late last weekend. And now there's already a common saying: "You have to be rich to get drunk at Wonderfruit."
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The voice of the northeast
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 17/03/2015
» By the haystack next to a rice field, Yothin Kijbai sung out in high-pitched, rhyming Isan verses that he apparently knew by heart. Dressed in a light blue costume adorned with glittering sequins, the 68-old-year is not a madman but a well-known "comedy molam".
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Picture the words
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 22/06/2016
» What's not to like about director Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit's debut solo exhibition "I Write You A Lot", which just opened last weekend at Bangkok Citycity Gallery?
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Art of breaking up
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 26/09/2014
» A rehearsal room. A couple walk in," reads the stage direction for Cloture De L'Amour. Who the couple are is not made clear; he might be a playwright or director, while she an actress or choreographer.
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