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Lao new wave
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 18/04/2012
» For decades, the light has been out in Laos. The movie screens have become totally dark, and the profession known elsewhere as "actor" is, up to today, still non-existent. For so many years our land-locked neighbour has subsisted on a staple of Thai TV soaps and movies, cultural imports that have travelled, or been smuggled, through airwaves and distribution channels, and so much is our cross-Mekong dominance that Lao people have almost forgotten what it's like to watch a Lao film.
French language tribute to hm the king
Life, Published on 18/04/2012
» In celebration of His Majesty the King's 84th birthday, Gitasiravadha Foundation has produced an album with book entitled Gitasiravadha... A tout jamais, which features His Majesty's compositions sung in French, with lyrics by Premika Sucharitkul, a trilingual interpreter who graduated from Institut Superieur d'Interpretariat et de Traduction.
Going the distance
Life, Published on 18/04/2012
» Why take any old car when you can get where you're going by rickshaw or camel? For two real-life adrenaline junkies charged with circumnavigating the globe using every mode of transportation possible, it's not the destination that counts, but the journey.
Outstanding soloists join for concert
Life, Published on 18/04/2012
» D&M Music Studio presents the "Art of the Duo Works for Violin and Guitar" concert performed by two outstanding soloists and chamber musicians _ Yavet Boyadjiev on violin and Paul Cesarczyk on guitar _ at Goethe Institute Bangkok on April 30 at 8pm.
FXE (Friends X Enemies)
Life, Published on 18/04/2012
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One world, Many voices
Life, Brian Curtin, Published on 18/04/2012
» When the spectre of Aids emerged at the beginning of the 1980s, a remarkable legacy of critical writing and activism followed. The work of intellectuals such as Douglas Crimp, Richard Meyer and Simon Watney steadfastly drew attention to the terrible ways that language and media representation was stigmatising those affected by the disease _ from pervasive claims that there could be "innocent" victims of HIV to the notion of "high-risk groups" (as if your identity, not your behaviour, made you vulnerable) to the sheer visceral terms by which the disease was portrayed. Images of people with Aids circulated as pure spectacle, denying the complexity of experience and our own responsibility for the spread of the virus.
Google's online gallery is getting there, slowly
Life, Published on 18/04/2012
» I don't know how many wonders of the world there are by now, but it is possible that the Google Art Project will someday join the list.
Music lovers' paradise
Life, Yanapon Musiket, Published on 18/04/2012
» With its long history in the world's classical music scene, Berlin is known globally for being home to the celebrated Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as seven more large symphony orchestras. This makes Germany's capital city a popular destination for music connoisseurs from all over the world to appreciate a wealth of music from classical concerts and top-notch grand operas to independent street artists.