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The thinking person's poet
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 13/05/2013
» One of the verses in Zakariya Amataya's new book of poetry reads:
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Franco-Thai bonanza
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 14/05/2013
» Bonjour! There will be six weeks of Gallic dance and music, fun and festivity from Friday to June 22. The 9th edition of La Fete French-Thai Cultural Festival, organised by the Cultural and Cooperation Section of the French embassy, returns with a variety of shows as a platform for creative melange and cultural exchange between Thailand and France.
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The fear factor
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 03/07/2013
» Thasnai Sethaseree's latest art exhibition, "Trans-Structurity", is about fear. But unlike other artists' approach to the subject, which has often involved going deep into their own thoughts and feelings, his set of works is not the projection of his own fear. Instead, the public's sense of dread was the source of this artist's inspiration. He gathered the information about those fears with a combination of research and personal interaction with people.
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Living poets' society
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 02/09/2013
» The winner of Thailand's most distinguished literary prize, the SEA Write Award, will be announced on Friday. The category for this year's competition is poetry, and to warm up for the big day, we talk to the finalists about their works and literary lives.
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Outdoor empowerment
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 27/03/2014
» It was a combination of temple fair and outdoor cinema at the playground of the Khlong Luang community in Chatuchak district earlier this month. While waiting for the Sun to go down for the outdoor movie screening, children, teenagers and parents gathered, some sitting on mats while others were queued up for food, popcorn, desserts and drinks provided by the community members.
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Size Matters
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 02/04/2014
» Surajate Tongchua’s mixed media installation “Size Space” invites mixed and dynamic interpretations. Stepping into Tadu Contemporary Art, your first reaction is that those pieces in different corners are still works in progress, not quite ready for the public. Neither do they seem to be linked by any unified concept — a banner reads “It starts to disappear, before you even notice”, there’s a metal sculpture of the word “HOME”, an aerial landscape of different parts of the world is projected on a world map and a tarpaulin-like roof made of milk cartons is sewn together with a light bulb hanging in the middle.
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The clock now starts
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 01/05/2014
» What should we expect from a theatre production that was conceived, written and staged within 24 hours? What can we anticipate from a work of art of any kind that’s created over a short time, instead of weeks or months or years of contemplation and hard work?
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Novel ideas
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 12/05/2014
» Nigeria’s Port Harcourt has now taken the Unesco-bestowed title of World Book Capital after Bangkok completed its term last month. It had been a year that books and reading culture were supposed to receive a big boost. The campaign, however, has been met with criticism as it seemed to focus more on the surface topics rather than something more fundamental, like promoting a love of reading among Thais.
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SEA Write short stories selected
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 28/07/2014
» The SEA Write Award committee announced this year’s six finalists for Southeast Asia’s most prestigious literary prize last Thursday. The category for this year, the 35th edition, is “Short Story”.
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Paintings that resonate
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 15/10/2014
» Last July, Toot Yung Art Center’s artistic director Myrtille Tibayrenc returned to her hometown in the South of France, accompanied by Thai artist Pakitsilp Varamissara. For Tibayrenc, the one-month trip was the first holiday she had had in three years. For Pakitsilp, it was an artist residency trip that resulted in a collection of oil paintings, sketches and watercolours for an ongoing exhibition “French Resonance”.
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