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Thailand
Aftermath
Hemingway was right: Quote from recent exhibition at the BACC Bangkok A first draft is always shit. Particularly when writing about something that's shaken you up. First drafts aren't fit for public consumption. There is no perspective, no shaping of thoughts …
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Dear Thailand
UPDATE 19-9-11: * Now the Thai police are thoroughly investigating our incident (we reported it to them the night it happened). I will update further only when given the go-ahead by them. * An article about our incident appeared the following …
A Ring of Flowers
I’ve never been one for flowers. But the Thai garlands for sale all over Bangkok – some woven with roses, others with orchids – I’ve never been able to resist. They’re a fragrant offering to the spirits that permeate homes and …
First Art Stalkers in Bangkok
The first-ever Art Stalkers event in Bangkok was a fantastic, diverse group of creatives from all over the world, who braved the mid-afternoon heat to tramp through the city’s most congested neighborhoods in search of good art. Soofia Asad and …
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Art Stalkers Bangkok: 25th June
Every month I make the rounds of art galleries wherever I am, usually on my own or with the Man in tow. But this month I decided to try something different: invite friends and strangers along to join me. Come along …
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Visiting Artist: Soofia Asad
One afternoon I scoured the Bangkok Art Map for art openings around the city. As I googled artists and gallery links, dozens of windows opened on my overheated netbook, waiting to be read, but there was one that made me pause. …
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Travel Porn
An elderly German tour guide once said to me, “You know, Cairo wouldn’t be Cairo without the flies,” and she flashed a smile as she remembered years of traipsing through its back streets, and sailing up and down the Nile …
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Delectable Travels
Hand tinted Cyanotype Illustration from H is for Hong Kong, 2008 While some of the most interesting people I know are eating their way around the world, I’ve never given food much airtime here. Yet one of the most immediate …
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Divine Inspiration in Bangkok
Silom Road has airline offices on the verge of extinction, faded “antiques”, and rapidly ageing girls in its tiny yet world-famous Patpong district. But it also boasts Bangkok’s biggest and most colorful Hindu temple. Down the soi lies another kind of …
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The Floating Village
Last week I looked around my room and despaired. Stacks of Cyanotype prints lined my shelves, and 95% of them were worthless. I had 40-50 illustrations for my paper book to complete before mid-December. While it’s not unusual for me …
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