Revered theater figure and 2004 Silpathorn Award-winner Pradit “Tua” Prasartthong, 54, is one of the biggest advocates of Thai performing arts. Among his significant achievements is the establishment of the Bangkok Theater Festival, which returns this month at Santichaiprakarn Park and BACC. Here, he recounts his 30-year career in the arts.

Arin Rungjang, 39, is one of the few internationally recognized contemporary Thai artists specializing in installation art. His most recent work, Golden Teardrop, was shown in the Thai Pavillion at the 55th Venice Biennale and has been selected as one of 15 finalists for the Asia Pacific Breweries Foundation Signature Art Prize 2014, in collaboration with the Singapore Art Museum. BK caught up with Arin ahead of his talk at BACC on Nov 1 to discuss what installation art can do that other art forms can’t.

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