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Black pride
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 27/03/2019
» The savoury aroma of jambalaya, jerk chicken and corn bread filled the century-old chambers of Bangkok's US Ambassador's Residence recently. The dining room of African-American expats waiting for the feast listened intently to Joanne Hyppolite, a Haitian-American curator from the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC). Hyppolite, who's an expert in African-American and African-diaspora material and expressive culture, was explaining how these famous African-American dishes came to be.
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Monochromatic masterpieces
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 25/05/2018
» Crossing the Atlantic Ocean in treacherous waters during his enlistment in the US Navy, Ralph Gibson had an epiphany. He decided then and there, at 21 years old, that he was to become a photographer.
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A bewildering kaleidoscope
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 26/10/2017
» Have you ever been so tired of life to the point that you want to escape into a different dimension? Marcelo Von Schwartz, an Argentinian film director, architect, art photographer and sound architect, attempts to find a way into that dimension. In his solo exhibition "Escape", which runs at RMA Institute (Sukhumvit 22) until Nov 4, Bangkok's waterways are warped into wormholes, buildings are turned into anti-gravitational spaceships, and streets are distorted to become little worlds that puts viewers into a trance-like state.
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A musical greeting to Japan
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 04/10/2017
» As Japanese conductor Koji Kawamoto waved his baton in one swift motion, the 63 musicians of the Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra filled Tokyo's acoustically stunning Suntory Hall with an unfamiliar tune.
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Defying authority with creativity
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 11/05/2016
» You know it's going to be an interesting exhibition (especially in Thailand's current political climate) when both police and army officials drop by to question and find reasons to shut it down. That just so happened to have occurred at the opening of "Paradise Of The Blind" by Sutthirat Supaparinya at The Reading Room last week. The show is the first part of the "Sleepover" series, a six-month project involving handing over the library to six influential groups or figures, giving them complete autonomy over the space for one month each.
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Delusion and denim dreams
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 08/04/2016
» It was an almost overwhelming experience of sights and sounds on Sunday as the Bangkok CityCity Gallery played host to Korakrit Arunanondchai's crazy, conceptual world of burnt denim, nightmare-inducing mannequins, and a giant cyber-jungle monster. A collection by the New York-based multimedia artist comprising denim paintings, abstract body paint and a floor-to-ceiling installation of entangled foliage, drones, wires, electronics and mannequins engendered a mixture of awe, appreciation and confusion in equal measure.
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Net results
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 06/04/2016
» Uttaporn Nimmalaikaew's eerie, haunting and outright captivating paintings are currently generating buzz among international art connoisseurs. By meticulously painting on layers of mosquito nets, threading or translucent fabrics, Uttaporn's mixed-media works are low-tech holographic 3D images that play with depth and illusion.
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