SEA Junction

Photo Exhibition “Cambodia: War and Beauty”
2023-10-03 10:00 - 2023-10-15 20:00 (Asia/Krasnoyarsk) | Curved Wall, 3rd floor, BACC
Cambodia is often depicted in the public imagination as either the land of Angkor and Apsaras or the Killing Fields and the Khmer Rouge. An American writer once referred to the countries of Southeast Asia as “the Lands of Cruelty and Charm”. However, Cambodia is more than death and decoration. It is people who have struggled and survived war and atrocities, displacement, and political and social chaos, all the while working to preserve their culture. That culture now faces the new threat of unconstrained overdevelopment.
This is the focus of the photo exhibition “Cambodia: War and Beauty”, organized by SEA Junction and Ophidian, on 3-15 October 2023 on the curved wall, 3rd floor of the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC). This photographic retrospective, exhibited previously in FCC Angkor by Avani and Meta House in Phnom Penh in 2020 and Paris in 2022, presents a collection of black and white and color photos taken by David A. Feingold, a research anthropologist and an award-winning documentary filmmaker, over the last six decades in Cambodia. The themes of the photos include war and its impact on the land and people, the on-going impact of landmines on the people and land of Cambodia, the toll they take, and the courage and skill that are needed to remove them. The exhibition also showcases the cultural survival of the Cambodian people, including the beauty and grace of young dancers and their rigorous training; exclusive images inside the Site 2 refugee camp in the mid-1980s; and young dancers training at the National School of Ballet in Phnom Penh in the 1990s. Through these images, viewers can understand how Khmer dance became an essential ingredient in the survival of Khmer culture and a form of struggle against the repression of political regimes. Additionally, the exhibition covers the return of H.M. King Sihanouk to be King of Cambodia in the 1990s, which witnessed the slow transition from war to peace overseen by the UN and the tensions of secular politics.
While fostering a better understanding and appreciation of Cambodia’s history, culture, and society, the exhibition aims to showcase the contradictory and complementary elements of Cambodian culture in a historical context.

For more information/reservation, please contact us at info@seajunction.org or +66970024140
Photographer:
David A. Feingold is a research anthropologist and an award-winning documentary filmmaker. He is currently director of the Ophidian Research Institute/Ophidian Films Ltd. For fifteen years, he served as International Coordinator for HIV/AIDS and Trafficking at UNESCO, Bangkok, where he developed and directed this regional program. He conducted extensive field research in Southeast Asia over five decades, particularly among Akha and Shan peoples, and in Cambodia. Feingold’s films have been made for PBS, NBC, ABC, BBC, CH-4 (U.K.), FR-3(France), and The National Geographic.
Organizer:
SEA Junction, established under the Thai non-profit organization Foundation for Southeast Asia Studies (ForSEA), aims to foster understanding and appreciation of Southeast Asia in all its socio-cultural dimensions- from arts and lifestyles to economy and development. Conveniently located at Room 407-8 of the Bangkok Arts and Culture Center or BACC (across MBK, BTS National Stadium), SEA Junction facilitates public access to knowledge resources and exchanges among students, practitioners and Southeast Asia lovers. For more information see www.seajunction.org, join the Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/1693058870976440/ and follow us on twitter and Instagram @seajunction.
Ophidian produces long-form documentaries on complex issues for international television, based upon intensive research. Ophidian has filmed in Cambodia, Thailand, Burma, Laos, Mozambique, Peru, as well as the U.S. Ophidian has specialized in films with unique access to difficult areas and subjects. For a partial sample of their films, please go to www.der.org.

BKK Comics Art Festival #2 – Exhibition
2023-10-10 10:00 - 2023-10-22 20:00 | Curve Wall, 5th Floor, BACC & SEA Junction, 4th Floor BACC
BKK Comics Art Festival #2 is the second of an annual event organized by bkk UNZINE in partnership with SEA Junction. Supported by the Embassy of Belgium in Thailand, Wallonie-Bruxelles International and SAKURA, the festival brings together lovers of comics, creators, and fans alike to celebrate the medium, providing exposure to talent and publishers working in comics and giving fans the opportunity to interact with their favorite artists.
The BKK Comics Art Festival #2 will again be held at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre. It consists of a two-week exhibition on the curved wall of the 5th floor on 10-22 October 2023, featuring a wide array of artwork on display, and a two-day convention on 14-15 October 2023 during which participants can visit artists’ booths and interact with them. Furthermore, the first day of the convention will feature a full-day event at SEA Junction on the 4th floor.
Featured in the exhibition will be veterans in the Thai comics industry, such as Apichart Rodwatanakul and Tode Kosumpisai, who will be joined during the convention by his friend Pa X, the biggest comics collector in Thailand. These veterans’ artwork will be displayed alongside those of other notable artists currently in the Thai comics scene, such as Namsai K and Ping Sasinan. In addition to work from Thai comic creators, international comics art will be showcased as well, with pieces from Franco-Belgian artists representing the European alternative comics known as “bandes dessinées.” Other contributors to the exhibit hail from additional countries, such as the United States, and Taiwan.
New to this year’s festival will be finalists’ entries to the bkkUNZINE x SAKURA Comic Story Telling Contest and Forge Press LLC’s New Camelot Coloring Contest, which were open to college and university students throughout Thailand. During the two exhibition weeks visitors will be invited to vote for their preferred choice determining the “popular vote” to be announced the last day of the exhibition.

For more information, please email: info@seajunction.org or phone/wa: +66970024140
NB: SEA Junction Events are free, but donations most welcome!
Organizers
bkk UNZINE is a free, independent art magazine run by Artists which is sent to subscribers every 1st of the month with submissions from artists in Bangkok and around the world based on a theme selected by the readers. We also publish the online issues on our website and create events to make people aware of the art scene in Bangkok.
SEA Junction, established under the Thai non-profit organization Foundation for Southeast Asia Studies (ForSEA), aims to foster understanding and appreciation of Southeast Asia in all its socio-cultural dimensions- from arts and lifestyles to economy and development. Conveniently located at Room 408 of the Bangkok Arts and Culture Center or BACC (across MBK, BTS National Stadium), SEA Junction facilitates public access to knowledge resources and exchanges among students, practitioners and Southeast Asia lovers. For more information see www.seajunction.org, join the Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/1693058870976440/ and follow us on twitter and Instagram @seajunction

BKK Comics Art Festival #2 – Convention
2023-10-14 10:00 - 2023-10-15 20:00 | SEA Junction, 4th Floor & Curved Wall, 5th floor, BACC
BKK Comics Art Festival #2 is the second of an annual event organized by bkk UNZINE in partnership with SEA Junction. Supported by the Embassy of Belgium in Thailand, Wallonie-Bruxelles International and SAKURA, the festival brings together lovers of comics, creators, and fans alike to celebrate the medium, providing exposure to talent and publishers working in comics and giving fans the opportunity to interact with their favorite artists.
The BKK Comics Art Festival #2 will again be held at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre. It consists of a two-week exhibition on the curved wall of the 5th floor on 10-22 October 2023, featuring a wide array of artwork on display, and a two-day convention on 14-15 October 2023 during which participants can visit artists’ booths and interact with them. Furthermore, the first day of the convention will feature a full-day event at SEA Junction on the 4th floor, see schedule below.
The exhibition will feature veterans and notable artists in the Thai comics industry, such as Apichart Rodwatanakul, Tode Kosumpisai, Namsai K and Ping Sasinan. In addition to work from Thai comic creators, international comics art will be showcased as well, with pieces from Franco-Belgian artists representing the European alternative comics known as “bandes dessinées.” Other contributors to the exhibit hail from additional countries, such as the United States, and Taiwan. New to this year’s festival will be finalists’ entries to the bkkUNZINE x SAKURA Comic Story Telling Contest and Forge Press LLC’s New Camelot Coloring Contest, which were open to college and university students throughout Thailand. During the two exhibition weeks visitors will be invited to vote for their preferred choice determining the “popular vote” to be announced the last day of the exhibition
Saturday 14 October 2023 at SEA Junction, 4th floor, BACC

10:00 AM – 10:45 AM
bkk UNZINE Panel:
Convention introduction, publication & future activity plans

11:15 AM – 12:00 PM
Press Reception:
Welcome guests, thank sponsors, press conference, Q&A, contest details

01:30 PM – 03:00 PM
How to Draw Superheroes:
Drawing workshop, recommended for ages 13 and above

04:00 PM – 05:00 PM
Interview with Leonie Bischoff:
Zoom interview w/ author of Anais Nin: Sea of Lies

05:15 PM – 05:45 PM
Apichart Rodwatanakul Retrospective:
Biographical presentation about veteran Thai comics artist

06:00 PM – 06:25 PM
Awards Ceremony:
Announcement of contest winners

For more information, please email: info@seajunction.org or phone/wa: +66970024140
NB: SEA Junction Events are free, but donations most welcome!
Organizers
bkk UNZINE is a free, independent art magazine run by Artists which is sent to subscribers every 1st of the month with submissions from artists in Bangkok and around the world based on a theme selected by the readers. We also publish the online issues on our website and create events to make people aware of the art scene in Bangkok.
SEA Junction, established under the Thai non-profit organization Foundation for Southeast Asia Studies (ForSEA), aims to foster understanding and appreciation of Southeast Asia in all its socio-cultural dimensions- from arts and lifestyles to economy and development. Conveniently located at Room 408 of the Bangkok Arts and Culture Center or BACC (across MBK, BTS National Stadium), SEA Junction facilitates public access to knowledge resources and exchanges among students, practitioners and Southeast Asia lovers. For more information see www.seajunction.org, join the Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/1693058870976440/ and follow us on twitter and Instagram @seajunction
