• LIFE

  What's trending and happening this week

  Muse, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 23/06/2018

  » 1. Enjoy a night of art, film and food with Deus Ex Machina and Moto Guzzi. The event, starting at 4pm today has plenty of activities to fit each and everyone's tastes. So whether you're going for the short movie line-up at a ride-in cinema, or choose to attend a live-painting session with Australian artist Paul McNeil, there'll be games, music, food and fun. Along with the Deus Art Exhibition, Moto Guzzi will be presenting their latest -- and limited edition -- model at ACMEN Ekamai Complex on Ekamai 15. To RSVP call 089-491-6099 or 090-865-0266.

• 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

  Liberated by film

  Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 17/05/2018

  » Liberation Day, the 2016 film by Norwegian filmmaker Morten Traavik, has a name that rings in contrast with its Bangkok screening date.

• 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.

• LIFE

  The art of exile

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

  » The snowy mountaintops of Sweden, France or the United States, painted on Paphonsak La-or's canvases, aren't dispatches from the artist's overseas travels.

• THAILAND

  Govt 'too reluctant' to release state info

  News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 22/09/2015

  » The government is still not fully forthcoming with information and the Official Information Act must be better enforced while that legislation is being revised, a seminar was told yesterday.

• THAILAND

  CDC's charter folk song 'skirts' issues

  News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 26/05/2016

  » Social activists have slammed the Charter Drafting Committee's (CDC) folk song, released on Monday, to boost public interest in the draft constitution. They say it fails to reflect the substance of issues included in the draft, as well as the importance of the referendum process.

• THAILAND

  Activists fear for missing HK publisher

  News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 13/11/2015

  » Human rights groups have expressed concerns following the disappearance of a Hong Kong publisher critical of the Chinese regime, who was last spotted in Thailand.

• OPINION

  Give trees a chance

  Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 12/03/2018

  » As of late, the construction company Italian-Thai has made headlines due to the illegal wildlife hunting activities of its president Premchai Karnasuta and the now -- sadly -- iconic panther he slayed. While Premchai is a threat to Thailand's fauna, it appears the company itself is no friend to flora, either.

• LIFE

  A misunderstood culture revealed

  Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 08/09/2017

  » Descending from the original inhabitants of the Malay Peninsula, the Orang Asli community has a long history, one that has been extensively recorded in Thai literature and history. Appearing in a wide array of texts, from King Rama V's play Ngoh Pah to the folk tale Sang Thong, their portrayals haven't always been positive or done justice to the wealth of their culture.

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