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Fantastic folk montages
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 26/09/2018
» For over a decade, New York-based interdisciplinary artist Bruce Gundersen has been fascinated by Southeast Asian mythical folk tales. Stories like Pla Boo Thong (The Golden Goby Fish) and Champa Thong have long been passed down from generation to generation through text, song, dance, visual arts, and even in TV series and movies.
Common Exercises: Isan Contemporary Report
Life, Published on 14/03/2018
» Created by 12 artists and photographers from the Isan region, "Common Exercises: Isan Contemporary Report" presents findings on different phenomenon found on the contemporary Isan scene. The report highlights the dynamic growth and self-determination of the Isan people towards common norms and values. Focused on report-and-case-study art, Isan Contemporary explores Isan's current state through photographs, videos, installations, sound installations, video installations and interactive art works.
An Instinct for Surprise
Life, Published on 21/03/2018
» From the curator: "Jakrin Von Bueren's photographs are fresh and vibrant with the energy of youth yet simultaneously imbued with alchemy -- spiritual and physical. He has the guts to take crazy risks to achieve interesting work. His portraits of his models and his friends revive our memories of what it was like to be a teenager."
Love in lingerie
Published on 10/02/2018
» Hosts: Malinee Subboriboon, executive vice-president of The Mall Group, Teerada Ambhanwong, managing director and CEO of O.C.C, and Derek Lim, head of sales South East Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Swarovski Professional.
A trip down South
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 13/09/2017
» The audiences looked on eagerly as throngs of classical musicians from the Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra (TPO), all smartly dressed in black, slowly filed onto the stage of Yala Rajabhat University's auditorium. Once the men and women in black were seated, and the conductor flicked his baton, the first melody struck. The powerful sounds of Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No.5 soon engulfed the hall, filled with locals of Thailand's southernmost province.
Integration or disintegration
Life, Chris Baker, Published on 11/08/2017
» One of the lesser-known activities of the European Union in this region is the funding of academic research designed to "help the EU and its member states make coherent and culturally relevant foreign policies" towards the region.
Seacon's got the dance moves
Life, Published on 24/08/2017
» Seacon Square invites dance enthusiasts to witness two of the country's biggest national dance competitions held under the same roof during the Hip Hop Jam from today to Sunday.
Lost in history's quagmire
Life, Published on 10/03/2017
» I wish I could think of something nice to write about this book. In it, the author, Joshua Kurlantzick, praises a book I wrote 20 years ago, Shooting At The Moon, which covered exactly the same war and the same characters as he does. He calls my book (on page 16) "The one truly outstanding popular account of the secret war".
LPFF goes from strength to strength
Life, Joe Cummings, Published on 22/12/2016
» Luang Prabang, the well-preserved northern capital of Laos, doesn't have a single working cinema. But over the first week of December, the streets of its Unesco-sanctioned historic district filled with cinephiles hailing from all over the region and beyond for the latest edition of Luang Prabang Film Festival, or LPFF.
Reverence amid despair, brutality
Life, Published on 30/11/2016
» Primal fear leaps from the eye of the buffalo, lying doomed in the dirt with its bound limbs stretched to full extension. Although it's surrounded by people, the beast looks utterly alone as a spear is driven into its body.