MrX Posted February 24, 2004 Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 An exquisite article in today's Nation outlines how Bangkok will be re-invented as the hub of arts and entertainment in the region..What a joke! Why is the prevailing wisdom that 'everything that matters' can be command led? I mean isnt it obvious that late night smoky cafes, kids doing what there parents dont want, taboo-breaking sex has always been the lifeblood of the arts? Hands up any artists who go to bed at midnight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 24, 2004 Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 Hey man what about all the great artists and literature that has come out of Singapore. Makes Joyce, Miller, Camus et al look like childrens book writers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 24, 2004 Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 but Doc .. SP has all night bars now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 24, 2004 Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 I'm sure they are all very nice and clean. In my opinion you're not a real writer unless you die from dysentry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrX Posted February 24, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 Seriously... doesnt Singapoes want to re-brand itself as 'creative' and is doing social engineering type loosening up.........the corollary being that Thailand wants ALL thinking inside the box..oh God!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jitagawn Posted February 24, 2004 Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 Through friends who have worked with or know ---(now I am acting paranoid)..quite well- I heard this idea put forth a year or two ago. I thought now how are they going to pull that off? IMHO opinion these are posturings of individuals that are seeking approval from 1st world art centers without a clue as to what it is to begin with or how to achieve it. This particlular individual is a high tech fanatic and cares not about individual expression let alone artistic expression. Most Thai painters want to go to the states or Europe to show not stay in Thailand.This notion reminds me of their idea about making it a fashion center. There is talent here but it is generally not nurtured. I am mean if it really were an art center I would not have to drag my ass back to the states for the market 40% of the year. :: More BS. I am a career fine artist this past 32 years and we creative types need to run free now and again. :grinyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 24, 2004 Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 >>>There is talent here but it is generally not nurtured.<<< and as long as the dean of the chula art department pushes the most untalented cocksuckers internationally that place here will never be any sort of artcentre. there is lots of talent here, but most of the talent is due to poverty pushed straight away into the commercial arts. sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 24, 2004 Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 Fly: Too true. You make more money directing commercials here than you do directing a feature film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nervous_Dog Posted February 24, 2004 Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 What Singapore does, Thai follows, except the Bar closing times! JB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrX Posted February 24, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 come on fly......... dont perpetrate this top down establishment nonsense deans and rectors retreated to where they are are a long time ago and have little to do with creative artists/entertainers who need ingredients of repression, freedom, decadence and bloodymindedness in rather enigmatic proportions There was always tons more 'art' in the first and second sets of the (now nearly defunct) longun show than in any chula sponsored silver-trayed, big-hair attended gallery preview one might have the misfortune to be present at Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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