READING LIST ‘BIENNIALS, TRIENNIALS, AND DOCUMENTA: THE EXHIBITION THAT CREATED CONTEMPORARY ART’
PLASTICIZING THE WORLD II
AMIDST THE TIME WHEN PLASTIC TECHNOLOGY WAS WAITING FOR THE MOMENT TO KNOCK ON THE DOOR OF PEOPLE’S HOUSE. STAYING BETWEEN THE REALITY AND THE ILLUSION, THE IMAGE OF SMITHSON’S HOUSE OF THE FUTURE IS GRADUALLY TRANSFORMED FROM THE IMAGERY OF PEOPLE LIVING IN A PLASTIC HOUSE – IN WHICH IS FULL OF LIGHTWEIGHT BELONGINGS WITH A SMOOTH SURFACE WAXY TO TOUCH – INTO THE REALITY.
IMAGINARY OBJECTS
AS THEIR STUDIO’S NAME SUGGEST, WHAT IMAGINARY OBJECTS (IO), THE ARCHITECTURAL STUDIO LED BY YARINDA BUNNAG AND ROBERTO REQUEJO BELETTE, EMPHASIZES IS THE BALANCE BETWEEN THE IMAGINARY AND PRAGMATIC ASPECT OF ARCHITECTURE
LETTERS: MARIKO TERADA
BACK IN 1995, THE EDITORIAL TEAM OF JAPAN’S ARCHITECTURE MAGAZINE, SD (SPACE DESIGN) CAME TO VISIT THAILAND IN HOPE OF FINDING ANOTHER MORE CONTEMPORARY NOTION OF ‘THAI STYLE’ THAT WAS BEYOND THE IMAGES OF THAINESS THE FOREIGNERS ONCE PERCEIVED FROM WILLAIM WARREN’S ‘THAI STYLE’ PUBLISHED IN 1990. LET’S FIND OUT WHAT MARIKO TERADA, AN ASSOCIATE EDITOR OF SD, CAME ACROSS 24 YEARS AGO AND HOW IT CAN REFLECT UPON THE THAI STYLE WE ALL HAVE AT PRESENT
PUBLIC FORUM: THAI POLITICAL PARTIES AND THEIR ARTS AND CULTURAL POLICIES
IT CAN BE SEEN AS A GOOD NEWS FOR THAILAND’S ART AND CULTURE CIRCLE WHEN TEN REPRESENTATIVES OF THE THAI POLITICAL PARTIES CAME TO BACC TO PRESENT THEIR ART AND CULTURE POLICIES. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE WERE NO SIGHT OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS IN THIS GAME.
WRAP UP, 22.02.2019
WHAT’S GOING ON IN ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN AND THE ART SCENE AROUND THE WORLD. LET’S SEE ON art4d WRAP UP WEEKLY.
THE EMPTY CAGE
WHILE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ZOOS IN BANGKOK IS WAITING TO BE TRANSFORMED, THE TWO ARTISTS, TAMMARAT KITTIWATANOKUN AND ANON CHAISANSOOK EXHIBITS ARTWORKS THAT ARE DEVELOPED THROUGH THE INTERPRETATION OF OVERLAPPED ELEMENTS FOUND INSIDE THIS URBAN ZOO.
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THAI URBANITES 4.0
ART4D SPEAKS WITH ASSOC. PROF. DR. APIWAT RATANAWARAHA ABOUT HIS CURRENT RESEARCH ON THE TOPIC OF, WHAT WE WOULD CALL, ‘THAI URBANITES 4.0’ WHICH REVOLVES AROUND URBAN RESEARCH, FUTURE RESEARCH, AND URBAN OBSERVATORY AND ENGAGEMENT
PLASTICIZING THE WORLD
PLASTIC AND THE WORLD OF DESIGN AFTER WORLD WAR II ARE INSEPARABLE. LET’S TRY TO SIT WHILE THINKING ABOUT HAVING A PLASTIC-FREE LIFE FOR A DAY. IT’S SO SIMILAR TO THE QUESTION OF HOW DO YOU LIVE WITHOUT A MOBILE PHONE FOR A DAY, ISN’T IT?
OBJECT FOR DESIGN (01)
