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Found objects
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 01/08/2018
» Built, deconstructed, abandoned, rebuilt, half-built -- Bangkok's first post office building and surrounding site is a pocket, a blind spot in the sprawling city.
Corporation with a conscience
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 13/06/2018
» Letters and postcards dating back to the 1880s adorn the walls of the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, ordered in a chronological pathway leading to an exhibition by 15 contemporary Thai artists.
To kill an Indochinese leopard
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 18/04/2018
» In the past two months, there has hardly been a week during which the phrase sua dam wasn't mentioned in the news. The slaughter of an Indochinese leopard -- though it's often referred to, incorrectly, as a black panther -- has sparked a wave of outrage, news coverage, moral indignation and street art paintings.
The price of progress
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 25/04/2018
» Members of the Pom Mahakan community gave a tearful farewell to their homes on Sunday, as the historically significant site and its centennial houses will be torn down to make way for a park project backed by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration. The last structures will be gone by the end of the week.
Honouring the past
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 07/02/2018
» Royal agencies and the government are hard at work to help Bangkok residents enjoy the wave of cold that has hit the city. From Feb 8 until March 11, the Dusit Winter Festival (Oon Ai Rak) will be held at the Royal Plaza and the nearby Sanam Suapa, the historic quarters that will be transformed into an exhibition space and fairground.
Forest fair at Bangkok Art and Culture Centre
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 02/03/2018
» Even if you can't go to the forest this weekend, the forest will come to you, owing to the second edition of the "People & Forest Fair", which will be held on Sunday at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre.
Against the flow
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 22/01/2018
» 'There used to be vendors hawking fresh vegetables in the sois and wholesale rice traders in several shophouses," Tip, a resident of Bangkok's Charoen Nakhon neighbourhood, notes.
Exhibition speaks for endangered community
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 11/01/2018
» Despite being neatly tucked between the Saen Saeb canal and Bangkok's ancient city walls, the Pom Mahakan community has been under constant threat for over two decades.
High hopes
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 26/01/2018
» If Jim Thompson were alive today, Gerald Mazzalovo -- the Thai silk company's chief executive officer -- would want to ask him questions about his multifarious life. Not only did the late designer and founder of the Jim Thompson brand live through a tumultuous political era -- alternately as architect, spy, collector of antiques -- but he maintained relationships with local revolutionaries, European and American socialites and A-list celebrities, from Ho Chi Minh to Truman Capote.
Foresight on four sites
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 02/02/2018
» The event has exuded a good vibe over the week. The first ever Bangkok Design Week, launched last Saturday and running until this Sunday, has turned the neighbourhoods of Charoen Krung, Rama I, Sukhumvit and Klong San into a collection of creative showcases of ideas and urban improvement.