Bangkok Art & Culture Center
14 Nov 2018
We walked past the Bangkok Art & Culture Center the other day, located in the prosperous shopping district, right next to the National Stadium skytrain station, and opposite MBK.
Nat told me that the city governor had wanted to revamped this 9-level building and turned it into another shopping center for more lucrative profits. However, the public wanted to keep the building as it was, fully dedicated to arts.
I decided to visit it the day before I left Bangkok. Definitely worth the trip.
Inside the spacious building, there are auditoriums for performing arts, exhibition halls, and very few bookshops, arts & craft shops, and cafes. It is rare to see such a non-commercialized place within the vicinity of Siam Paragon.
It’s not difficult to tell that the building hardly generates any commercial profits. Rather, it depends on funds from specific corporations for its operational expenses.
I’m grateful to the members of the public who insisted on keeping this building the way it is.
We walked past the Bangkok Art & Culture Center the other day, located in the prosperous shopping district, right next to the National Stadium skytrain station, and opposite MBK.
Nat told me that the city governor had wanted to revamped this 9-level building and turned it into another shopping center for more lucrative profits. However, the public wanted to keep the building as it was, fully dedicated to arts.
I decided to visit it the day before I left Bangkok. Definitely worth the trip.
Inside the spacious building, there are auditoriums for performing arts, exhibition halls, and very few bookshops, arts & craft shops, and cafes. It is rare to see such a non-commercialized place within the vicinity of Siam Paragon.
It’s not difficult to tell that the building hardly generates any commercial profits. Rather, it depends on funds from specific corporations for its operational expenses.
I’m grateful to the members of the public who insisted on keeping this building the way it is.
 |
| Baskets of all sizes and colors. |
 |
| Inside a recycling shop. |
 |
| A suspended tunnel made of masking tape. |
 |
| Skeletons made of glass bottles. |
 |
| Hanging couple, hanging boobs, emerging doves. |
 |
| Paper art installation by a Muslim artist from South Thailand. |
 |
| Harmony. |
 |
| An art piece made of natural components by a Muslim artist from South Thailand. |
 |
| Outside MBK shopping center. |
Comments
Post a Comment