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Charity, HK culture in focus at BACC over the coming week
Life, Published on 18/12/2023
» Bangkok Art and Culture Centre is holding two interesting events this week. The first is a discussion "On Building The West Kowloon Cultural District: A 20-Year Journey", which will take place at the Auditorium, 5th floor, tomorrow from 6-7.30pm and the "BACC Fundraising Gala 2023: Generations" at the Main Exhibition Gallery, 7th floor, on Thursday at 7pm.
Track event tests Bridgestone tyres
Life, Jedd Sreshthaputra, Published on 06/02/2023
» The Bridgestone Battlax Trackday 2023 held at Chang International Circuit last weekend was conceived as a fresh event for Thai media, influencers and professional racers.
Contemporary mediocrities
Life, Apinan Poshyananda, Published on 03/05/2021
» At the recent ribbon-cutting ceremony of the Office of Contemporary Art and Culture's (OCAC) Art Collection in the spacious art hall on Ratchadamnoen Avenue, a group of ageing male artists covered in sanitary masks surrounded the director of OCAC, Vimolluck Chuchart, who gave a self-congratulatory speech. She proudly announced that the public will be able to view for the first time the national collection of the Ministry of Culture's contemporary Thai art. Beside these elderlies stood a white giant fibreglass sculpture by Sutee Kunavichyanont in Thai military uniform wearing a helmet with a rifle erect. Sutee's Equality; Thai Soldier (2016) is inspired by the cultural mandates between 1939 and 1942 during the premiere of Phibul Songkhram that aimed to uplift the national spirit and moral code of the nation and instil progressive tendencies and newness into Thai life.
Quarantine was a time for mindfulness, artists say
Life, Published on 05/04/2021
» More than 10 well-known Thai designers present their works that help soothe our body and mind during "Pinij: Mindfulness Quarantine", which is running at SAC Gallery until April 30.
The Big Trees are back
Life, Patcharawalai Sanyanusin, Published on 04/12/2020
» The Big Trees Project will mark 10 years of its mission to protect trees and green spaces around the city with its "Big Trees Festival 2020", which will take place at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Pathumwan intersection, next weekend.
Preserving our traditional ways
Life, Story and photos: Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 24/07/2018
» A passion for knowledge has driven Supaporn Pitiporn to do things beyond the basic duty of a pharmacist. During the past 30 years, she has trekked through forests or climbed mountains to meet moh ya phuenban, or folk healers, in remote villages, where she has learned and recorded formulas for remedies of herb-based drugs within and outside the country. Supaporn is one of a very few pharmacists in Thailand who can combine knowledge of traditional healers with her skills in modern science to produce a wide range of ready-to-use herbal medicines.
Let there be light
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 27/02/2018
» Outdoor cinema, or nang klang plaeng, rose and fell and has risen again, its popularity reflecting the changes in technology and taste of Thai viewers. Once suffering due to home entertainment and the spread of multiplexes into rural areas, outdoor cinema, having found a footing, has made a surprising comeback.
Preserving history
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 05/02/2018
» Wearing a long-sleeve shirt and wide-brim hat, both hands clutching various digging tools, several men stooped down on the dry red dirt. With their feet planted firmly and under the supervision of archaeologists, they began digging in order to uncover the history of their homeland.