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Looking upward through the camera's lens
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 18/11/2016
» Broccoli Revolution has for some time been known as a dream spot for vegan food, but that's not all it has to offer. Housed in the venue is the recently launched Case Art Space, and in its upcoming exhibition "Sky" will showcase photography from youth who participated in the FACES/NOW Art Therapy Programme.
When medicine is the problem, not the cure
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 24/11/2016
» Thailand has an alarmingly high fatality rate due to antibiotic resistance derived from over-prescription and a widespread presence of the drugs in the food and water supply, according to research by Niyada Kiatying-Angsulee, manager of the Drug System Monitoring Mechanism Development Centre.
Exhibition weighs in on nature of art and beauty
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 30/11/2016
» It seems that everyone in the world but this writer had made it to the opening of Erwin Wurm's "The Philosophy Of Instructions" at Bangkok Art and Culture Centre last Friday. The heavy rain and traffic were to blame.
Opening doors
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 02/12/2016
» From now until March, a weekend in Hua Hin will no longer be just about seaside activities or a stroll around night markets. Launched earlier this month, Vic Hua Hin's inaugural "Theatre Season", a festival of music, dance and stage performances and film screenings, will keep both locals and visitors busy every weekend.
Where time and space cease to exist
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 02/11/2016
» How do we picture the world and ourselves? That is one of the key questions asked in "An Atlas Of Mirrors", the fifth edition of Singapore Biennale, which opened last week at various venues with the Singapore Art Museum (SAM) and SAM at 8Q as the main spaces. As many as 63 artists and collectives joined and the result is a gushing forth of narratives -- collective and personal, historical and contemporary, factual and imaginary.
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.
YenakArt Villa
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 21/09/2016
» Curated by Prapon Kumjim, YenakArt Villa presents "Absolutely Unsure", a multidisciplinary art exhibition by six emerging artists who are Bangkok University 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.
Rock of ages
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 20/09/2016
» In 1992, Moderndog as students went onstage in The Coke Music Award with the sole intention of messing things around -- it was at the time a relatively sombre affair with a lot of bands opting for jazz. "It was the only chance we had to make loud noise in the Chulalongkorn University Auditorium," said the band's lead singer Thanachai Ujjin in a recent interview with Life.
High concept
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 28/09/2016
» Entang Wiharso, Geraldine Javier, Zeng Fanzhi, Zhao Zhao -- I've Googled them, and yes, they are all huge in the contemporary art world.
Human suffering takes centrestage
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 29/09/2016
» After a two-year hiatus, playwright and director Nophand Boonyai is back with his new work Happy New Year Mr. Smith, a play about a divorcee, a person averse to marriage and a celebrity who are entering their 40s.