• LIFE

  Hanging politics on the wall

  Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 31/05/2017

  » Art and artists aren't as detached from worldly matters as many like to think. In the past couple of years, contemporary artists have undoubtedly given form to some of the most daring and powerful expressions of our collective feelings of angst, unrest and hope -- while increasingly becoming aware of, and subject to, the restrictions on freedoms that are in place.

• THAILAND

  Three months of edgy grassroots art

  Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 06/07/2018

  » Bangkok's first-ever Biennial officially kicked off on Sunday night with an evening aerobics session on the Chao Phraya riverside at a popular spot for dwellers and sports lovers beneath the Rama VIII bridge. The choice of location -- anchored in Bangkok residents' daily lives -- and the disruptive event itself -- complete with ceremonial opening remarks and a ribbon-cutting moment -- set the tone (i.e. caustic, critical and edgy) for the many art exhibitions and activities to be held in Bangkok and elsewhere in Thailand in the coming months.

• LIFE

  Foresight on four sites

  Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 02/02/2018

  » The event has exuded a good vibe over the week. The first ever Bangkok Design Week, launched last Saturday and running until this Sunday, has turned the neighbourhoods of Charoen Krung, Rama I, Sukhumvit and Klong San into a collection of creative showcases of ideas and urban improvement.

• LIFE

  What's trending and happening this week

  Muse, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 18/08/2018

  » 1. The Bangkok Biennial has brought to town its fair share of exhibitions, as pavilions are dispersed throughout the city. Opening this weekend, the Supernatural Pavilion is taking place in Care Nang Leung temple with a performance and video installation The 5x5 Legged Stool, based on the 1962 dance score by Ann Halpin, The Five Legged Stool. In Bangkok, a new performance by Mari Fukutome comes to life, captured by video artist Chulayarnnon Siriphol, and explores the ways in which contemporary dance is recorded and archived in time. Viewers can visit the pavilion until tomorrow. Performances will take place at 8pm at Wat Care Nang Lerng, Phaniang Road, Khwaeng Wat Sommanat and Khet Pom Prap Sattru Phai.

• LIFE

  Thailand's Thasnai facing a jury

  Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 27/06/2018

  » Thai artist Thasnai Sethaseree, whose monumental-scale paper collage work questions Thai historiography and structures of power, is among the finalists nominated for the 2018 Signature Art Prize in Singapore.

• LIFE

  Water, data, art!

  Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 28/06/2017

  » Scott Kildall's map of Bangkok has bundles of fine electric wires criss-crossing, tangled around small water flasks.

• LIFE

  Angkrit Ajchariyasophon takes over Speedy Grandma

  Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 08/02/2018

  » 'It's my solo exhibition and these are all invited artists," Angkrit Ajchariyasophon quipped, pointing to the white panel boards from which 20 paintings hang -- each of them authored by a different artist but none by Angkrit himself.

• LIFE

  Entertaining a dark soul

  Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 15/11/2017

  » Writer Franz Kafka's sombre, absurd, yet resolutely modern universe has long been a source of inspiration for filmmakers; his novels and short stories having provided the basis for several film adaptations, from Orson Welles' critically-acclaimed The Trial to lesser-known movies such as Michael Haneke's The Castle. As part of "Unfolding Kafka Festival 2017", an expert explains how Kafka's works continue to fascinate readers and audiences, in large part due to the Czech writer's sharp intuition and "prophetic" perception of modern-day woes.

• LIFE

  All that the eyes cannot see

  Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 14/07/2017

  » Would you rather be blissfully blind or painfully aware?

• LIFE

  Women unchained

  Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 15/03/2017

  » 'It's called 'fair-ly tell'. Not fairy tale." Porntip Mankong asserts, pronouncing one syllable at a time. She says it with an air of someone used to battle against misspellings, and misinterpretations, of her work.

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