Bang Bang (You're Dead)

Chamni Thipmanee's exhibition Bang Bang (You're Dead) opened at Kathmandu photography gallery in Bangkok on 2nd April. It will close this weekend, on 29th May.

The exhibition features snapshots of young boys playing with toy guns. It's a commentary on our attitudes towards violence, and a warning of further potential social conflict in the future.

ตัวตน โดย ตัวงาน

Apichatpong Weerasethakul will host a four-hour film masterclass, titled ตัวตน โดย ตัวงาน, at the National Film Archive (in Salaya, near Bangkok) on 14th June. Apichatpong last appeared at the Archive almost a year ago, after winning the Cannes Palme d'Or.

He has previously given shorter lectures in 2010 (Indy Spirit Project) and 2008 (Apichatpong On Video Works). His best-known films are Uncle Boonmee and Syndromes & A Century.

The House Of The Raja

The House Of The Raja, an exhibition of photographs by Xavier Comas, opened at H Gallery in Bangkok on 4th May. It will close at the end of the month. The photographs include colour portraits and panoramic black-and-white interiors.

Phenomena & Prophecies

Phenomena & Prophecies, a retrospective of Manit Sriwanichpoom's photographs, opened at G23 in Bangkok on 23rd April. The exhibition will close on 18th July.

Most of the images feature Manit's trademark 'Pink Man', the conspicuous consumer portrayed by Sompong Tawee, including the truly shocking Horror In Pink series (shown previously in From Message To Media). (At the opening reception, Sompong posed for photographs with visitors.) There are also portraits of soldiers posing for snapshots after the 2006 coup, ironic commentaries on politics-as-spectacle that echo Manit's recent contributions to Rupture.

Manit is one of Thailand's most celebrated contemporary photographers. Flashback '76 was arguably his most powerful solo exhibition; his work has been included in numerous group exhibitions, most recently Dialogues.