ART SCENE

An Instinct for Surprise Kathmandu Photo Gallery, Silom Road Tue-Sun, 11am-6pm Until April 28 Call 02-234-6700

From the curator: “Jakrin Von Bueren’s photographs are fresh and vibrant with the energy of youth yet simultaneously imbued with alchemy — spiritual and physical. He has the guts to take crazy risks to achieve interesting work. His portraits of his models and his friends revive our memories of what it was like to be a teenager.”

Isolated Beings S.A.C Subhashok The Arts Centre Sukhumvit 39 Tue-Sun, 10am-5pm Until Apr 22 Call 02-662-0299

Thai artist Torlarp Larpjaroensook and Danish artist Andreas Schulenburg present their duo show based on the shared culture of joy in Thailand and Denmark. Danish “hygge” and Thai “sanuk” are two words that mean roughly the same thing, and represent a conscious effort within each respective culture to connect the individual experience happily into greater society.

Side Reel Bangkok Art and Culture Centre Tue-Sun, 10am-8.30pm Until March 25 Call 02-214-6639

Jakrawal Nilthamrong and Kamjorn Sankwan present a motion picture installation show that explores a new narrative angle on history. The exhibition comprises a short film about two gold mines in the North of Thailand, projected on 35mm, and a short documentary about the life of Kamjorn as an artist.

Can Recycle Cans Ratchadamnoen Contemporary Art Centre Ratchadamnoen Road

Tue-Sun, 10am-7pm

Until Mar 30

Call 02-224-8031

“Can Recycle Cans” aims to make urban communities realise the value and benefits of reusable waste. By creating a prototype from volunteers, the interaction between volunteers and artist lead to the appreciation of the value of materials and the value of waste.

Ephemere Alliance Francaise de Bangkok Witthayu Road

Every day, 10am-8.30pm Until Mar 29

Sylvie Coevoet, painter, and Stephanie Noto, photographer, combine painting and photography in this exhibition. Coevoet expresses through her brush what she sees in Noto’s images. Noto, meanwhile, captures fleeting moments, details nestling in the city with reflections and sparkling colours.

This Nor Mundane Speedy Grandma Charoen Krung 28 Daily, 12-7pm Until April 14 Call 089-508-3859

This group exhibition features Thai and international artists who interpret fiction within fiction through the art of cartoon drawing and narrative. The show explores “the procedure of opening the new worlds of each artists, and the doors between each dimension in different fictions”.

Common Exercises: Isan Contemporary Report Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Rama I Tue-Sun, 10am-8.30pm

Until March 25

Call 02-214-6639

Created by 12 artists and photographers from the Isan region, “Common Exercises: Isan Contemporary Report” presents findings on different phenomenon found on the contemporary Isan scene. The report highlights the dynamic growth and self-determination of the Isan people towards common norms and values. Focused on report-and-case-study art, Isan Contemporary explores Isan’s current state through photographs, videos, installations, sound installations, video installations and interactive art works.

Do Not Look at Me Cartel Artspace, Narathiwat 22 Wed-Sun, noon-7pm

Until March 21

Call 089-508-3859

Mika Tamori takes us on a sensorial journey, albeit one that takes place in the confined space of a cage. Visitors walk in endless rounds, animals in a zoo, watched by the same beasts they have come to see. A white cube populated by birds, monkeys, goats and feline specimens, the gallery is filled with animal sounds, soft shrieks and wails, as well as nondescript odours — pheromones — like a mirror held up to our faces.

Out Of The Frying Pan Into The Fire ARTIST+RUN, Narathiwat 22 Wed-Sun

Until March 25

Call 099-454-5955

This exhibition is a collection of Tawan Wattuya’s oil paintings from 2005 when he reproduced the faces of influential people — politicians, prime ministers, activists — who appeared in newspapers, together with his new paintings of more influential personalities who appeared on social media in recent years.

Zero Decibel Yelo House Soi Kasemsan 1, Rama I Wed-Sun, 11am-8pm Until April 7 Call 089-777-2322

The first solo exhibition by the artist known only as Suntur attempts to express thoughts and stories through the concept of silence. The artist developed his idea when he arrived in New York and tried to unlock feelings hiding inside.

The Broken Ladder Gallery Ver, Narathiwat 22 Tue to Sun, noon-7pm Until April 7 Call 02-103-4067

Wantanee Siripattananuntakul’s “The Broken Ladder” looks at how the idea and feeling of “a house” makes people of every class realise that who they are and where they belong in society. Instead of studying houses as a space of stability, the artist tries to see it from an equality issue.

Women Migrant Workers Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand — FCCT Maneeya Center Every day, 10.30am-9pm Until April 20 Call 02-652-0580

Pornvit Visitoran and Piyavit Thongsa-Ard’s photography looks at how women migrant workers are a vital part of the economy across Southeast Asia, and yet they face some of the harshest and most unjust conditions of any workers in the region. The two photographers travelled across Thailand to capture individual stories of resilience and humanity, featuring women from Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar as they pick crops, sew garments or clean hotel rooms to secure a better future for themselves and their families.

Diaspora: Exit, Exile, Exodus Of Southeast Asia MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum San Kamphaeng, Chiang Mai Every day except Tuesday10am-6pm Until Oct 1 Call 052-081-737

This group exhibition of contemporary art from Southeast Asia considers the recent and ongoing movement of people within and away from the region since the outbreak of the Vietnam War, and its related aspects of migration, displacement and return.