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YenakArt Villa
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 08/09/2016
» Curated by Prapon Kumjim, YenakArt Villa presents "Absolutely Unsure", a multidisciplinary art exhibition by six emerging artists who are Bangkok University's alumni which explores a range of issues, from the grand narrative ideals of Thainess, the awkward generation gap to the notions of gender and individuality.
Glimmer of life
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 14/09/2016
» 'Understanding the techniques of manufacture of ancient gold is fascinating," wrote archaeological scientist and conservator Anna Bennett in the preface of The Ancient History Of U Thong, City Of Gold, a book which was recently launched in collaboration with the Designated Area for Sustainable Tourism Administration (Dasta) and Buddhadasa Indapanno Archives (BIA). "It also provides archaeologists and art historians with a better understanding of the socio-economic conditions of a given place at any given time."
Recalling Thailand's darkest hour
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 15/09/2016
» Next month marks the 40th anniversary of the Oct 6, 1976, event, or Thammasat University Massacre -- a tragedy in which arguably more than 100 students were killed by Thai state forces and far-right paramilitaries, and in commemoration of that, critically-acclaimed director and choreographer Teerawat Mulvilai of B-Floor Theatre presents his latest performance Fundamental which is running at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre.
Stay positive
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 21/09/2016
» 'Smile. No matter how bad today is, tomorrow is going to be better." This is just one of a number of encouraging quotes one can find on SabaiJai, a mobile application developed by Khon Kaen University's Department of Computer Science and Khon Kaen Rajanagarindra Psychiatric Hospital, which was launched earlier this month on the occasion of this year's World Suicide Prevention Day.
Brave new world
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 21/09/2016
» At NACC, a small and bare art space in the much-hyped Soi Nana near the Hua Lamphong MRT station, works in different media -- installation, photography and video -- from five artists are thrown together. One video shows a sound artist, covered in the fluidity of lighting projection, lost in his own music while another features a woman holding a block of ice in the middle of the sea.
Art, angst and alienation
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 10/08/2016
» As the title "Human AlieNation" suggests, the current exhibition at The Art Centre, Silpakorn University, concerns a sense of alienation on many levels, from individually, groups in society, to collectively as a nation.
RMA Institute
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 17/08/2016
» RMA Institute presents "Nacht Wellen", an ongoing photographic project by photographer Ralf Tooten which explores the enigmatic curiousness of the ocean seas through lowlight photography.
Art to float your boat
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 17/08/2016
» A watermelon is in the centre of the screen, and we watch it being gradually squeezed as two pairs of hands continuously put rubber bands around it. On another screen, a woman is in the middle of nowhere and suddenly takes out a toaster before hurling it away with all her strength like a hammer throw.
Born, bred (and perhaps brewed)
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 19/08/2016
» The place looks like a regular house in the suburban Pak Kret district, roughly one-hour drive out of Bangkok. Look closer, however, the house appears unlived, more like a warehouse with some sort of operation going on inside, and a walk round to its backyard reveals five massive hothouses which span 1,600m².
One for the books
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 18/08/2016
» Bangkok just can't get enough of literary input, and we are talking about just the month of August alone. Last month there was the Bangkok Book Festival, and ongoing until this Sunday is the much-hyped Big Bad Wolf Book Sale, offering 60-80% discounts on 2 million copies of English language books from every imaginable genre. It's a fair where many have spent money on books they probably won't get to read in this lifetime.