It's not only big indie gigs popping up everywhere this weekend, but also an exhibition by an award-winning photographer and a Sunday charity art market. All you have to do is turn up.
After a month spent befriending strangers in Bangkok, Malaysian artist Roslisham Ismail, aka Ise, unveiled his project, Operation Bangkok, which turns a gallery into a laboratory filled with items sourced from around the city, from maps and posters to horse betting slips and doll heads. BK met BUG’s resident artist to find the story behind his work.
The Singaporean dark horse impressed the legendary cocktailian Gaz Regan for a spot in the Southeast Asia finals of this prestigious bartending competition.
Awarded a special mention at the 66th Locarno International Film Festival, By The River is the latest feature documentary by Nontawat Numbenchapol. The director, whose previous work Boundary (2013) was at the center of a censorship storm last year, this time transports the audience to the deep forests of Kanchanaburi, in Klity Village, where the Karen locals make their living from a river contaminated with lead due to a nearby factory. Nontawat tells BK about the haunting story behind the visually stunning film.