Showing 1-10 of 23 results
-
Exit through the bathroom stall
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 25/07/2018
» Are public restrooms a democratic space? Thai artist Thitibodee Rungteerawattananon believes so. Both a private and a shared area at the same time, toilets don't escape tacit rules of social interaction or the politics of access, representation, sex and gender imposed on other spaces.
-
Serving a higher purpose
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 04/06/2018
» The Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC) made headlines last month owing to more than one reason. Even before (appointed) Bangkok governor Aswin Kwanmuang articulated his irking comments -- by which he made it known to the world that he would like to see the art centre turned into a co-working space packed with chairs -- critics and defenders of the BACC's management were already arguing on social media.
-
Corporation with a conscience
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 13/06/2018
» Letters and postcards dating back to the 1880s adorn the walls of the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, ordered in a chronological pathway leading to an exhibition by 15 contemporary Thai artists.
-
Kick The Machine's hypnotic, dreamlike universe
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 03/11/2017
» Sitting on the floor, our attention divided between three screens, we began to shift into a shadowy, dreamlike universe, penetrated by percussive sounds and guitar music.
-
Lumpini's cats run out of lives
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 11/09/2017
» Barely a year after the municipality staff employed at Lumpini Park set out to rid the facility's pond, alleys and lawns from monitor lizards, they are at it again.
-
Uprooted
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 25/07/2017
» Pak Klong Talad, Bangkok's iconic flower market, is getting a fresh start in a new location, after vendors were swept off the old-town pavements last year.
-
Changing the face of Bangkok
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 31/07/2017
» A riverside promenade, an observation tower, new bridges and transportation lines -- just to name a few -- are among the numerous urban development projects that keep popping up on the government's agenda.
-
Vanquished vendors -- What's it all about?
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 21/04/2017
» There will be no more pushcarts with colourful umbrellas mounted on top, no more tasty meals and soothing, satisfying roadside snacks on the streets of Thong Lor, Ekamai and Phra Khanong. Instead of the clouds of smoke that formed above steaming, fragrant woks and charcoal grills, city dwellers are left with nothing but the fumes billowing from automobiles' exhaust pipes.
-
'The world is watching'
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 05/04/2017
» Come late afternoon, just before the close of day, Bang Ma-neng sets out to sea. As always, he will ready his fishing gear on his boat -- slice some pla too into small pieces to bait his hooks, cast his nets and longlines -- before settling in for the night.
-
Volunteers call for palace styrofoam ban
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 16/11/2016
» The "Volunteers for Dad" group, Thammasat University's (TU) coordination centre to assist mourners around the Grand Palace, yesterday called for visitors at Sanam Luang to stop using styrofoam by Dec 5.
Your recent history
-
Recently searched
-
Recently viewed links