Archive for November, 2008

Thai Politics in Black and White

People Alliance for Democracy (PAD) has taken over Thai Government House and the two biggest airports. The political unrest is now taking a huge effect on economy. Stilgherrian writes a clear summery on the current crisis. To understand Thai politics, we need to acknowledge what is unique about her political timeline and social turning points.
Since [...]

The Purpose of Life

It has been a while since the last time I set my foot in a Wat (Thai Buddhist temple). Even though there is a Wat, Wat Buddharangsee, just around the corner where I live in Sydney, I only visit them once or twice. I often see a monk sweeping footpath and walking around the street. [...]

DVD Killed the Video Star

The holiday season is just around the corner and everyone is almost in the party mode. At The Vanishing Point Contemporary Art, is calling for time-based art proposals for their fund raiser X’mas party. When I see the theme, DVD Killed the Video Star, I just have to get So Long Cathy to them. And [...]

The Promise of the Cyber Land

We live in the world that technologies go faster than we could catch up ourselves. Artists are trying to explore, examine and question about this these technologies.
Some tries to visualise the Internet, for examples, Lisa Jevbratt’s C5 1:1, Vuk Cosic’s War in Yu, Mark Napier’s Digital Landfill and Douglas Davis‘ The World’s First Collaborative Sentence. [...]

Loy Krathong in Pak Kred

Around this time last year, I was wandering in the city of Bangkok and taking photographs of the place and the people of my hometown. I deliberately held one more series to fit this Loy Krathong occasion.
My original plan was to focus on Bangkok’s management of the waste in Chao Phraya River on the night. [...]