Halal Food Hilal Town
The island resort of Phuket is hosting Halal Food Hilal Town Fair to highlight the island’s readiness in catering to the special dietary needs of visitors who observe halal and raise awareness of Phuket as a travel and tourism destination for visitors residing in the neighbouring countries of ASEAN as well as countries in the Middle East, particularly during the ‘green season’. Halal Food Hilal Town Fair will also strengthen good relations between Buddhists and Muslim communities.
Halal Food Hilal Town Fair also raises the visibility and awareness …

French Film Festival
La Fete would not be complete without the “French film festival”. Enjoying ever-rising popularity, French films have drawn almost 78 million viewers of the world in 2008. For the 6th year of the festival, the public in Bangkok will have the opportunity to discover a selection of the latest films and enjoy a blend of genres and “flavors” in the track of eclectic cinema, representing the cultural diversity in France.
The freedom of expression granted to the creators, the multiplicity of genres and the melting-pot of influences are undoubtedly …

Visual Art: Laurent Ballesta
Last year, the exhibition “Earth from Above” held in Bangkok under the framework of “La Fete” 2008 brought together nearly 500 000 visitors! The unbelievable success encouraged us to pursue the experiment of holding open-air, public and free exhibitions. Being sensitive to critical questions on climate and the protection of the environment, you enjoyed the aerial portrait of our planet by Yann Arthus Bertrand. It only seemed logical to invite you this year to discover an underwater portrait, in the company of Laurent Ballesta, French marine biologist …

Visual Art: Georges Rousse
Georges Rousse has developed a singular and forceful work since the eighties. Blending painting, drawing, sculpture and even architecture, he transforms abandoned spaces before they are demolished, with an ultimate goal to constitute a photographic image. His photographs are a materialisation of his dream as well as his relationship with the Culture of the country he is visiting. They are a memory of both the places and his intervention in the Space.
Since his first exhibition in 1981 at the Gallery of France in Paris, Georges Rousse has …

Visual Art: Moken Reflections (1894 – 2007)
“Moken Reflections (1894-2007)” is a travelling exhibition (Burma-Thailand-France-Switzerland) of photos, objects and children’s drawings recounting the history of Moken nomads, the marine nomads of the Mergui archipelago, from 1894 to today.
Conceived by Jacques Ivanoff and Akram Mohamed, this exhibition highlights the culture of the Moken ethnic and lets us discover the little-known cultural and natural heritage of South Burma and Thailand. It is an original way to spread public awareness on the issue of trans-border populations.
Jacques Ivanoff is an ethnologist, researcher at the CNRS …

Visual Art: Pascal Blondeau Michael Shaowanasai
“Nice to meet you”
Pascal Blondeau and Michael Shaowanasai met in 2008, at the residence of the French Ambassador to Thailand. In different but complementary ways, these two artists question the beauty of Men. Using a flash on our society, they photograph its shadows. “Nice to meet you” is the artistic product of their coming together, an exhibition of mirrored reflections, the portrait of one by the other.
Pascal Blondeau studied Fine arts, set design and photography in France. His work deals with the power of beauty …

Visual Art: Portraits of Shoes Stories of Feet
Opening on 9 July in the presence of the curator
Portraits of shoes, Stories of feet
Curator: Yves Sabourin
The public of “La Fete” knows Yves Sabourin well since he had already curated two exhibitions that were well-received in Bangkok: the exhibition “Christian Lacroix: Dialogues!”, and “Metissages”.
This time around, Yves Sabourin turns his glance toward a particular piece of fashion accessory: footwear, boots and shoes.
Portraits of shoes, Stories of feet, brings together nearly sixty types of footwear from the 18th to the 21st century from the …

Visual Art: Futurotextiles
“Futurotextiles” is a module of a travelling exhibition merging science, technology and art with all kind of textiles. The objects, applications and works are inspired by the wildest dreams and invent today our hopes for tomorrow.
After the success of the exhibition Futurotextiles at the Tri Postal in Lille (France) in 2006, in Istanbul (Turkey) in September 2007, and Futurotextiles 08 presented in autumn 2008 in Courtrai (Belgium), the travelling module will present an important selection of concrete vision of tomorrow’s textiles which will change our relationship with the …

Visual Art: Nathalie Darbellay
Nathalie Darbellay is a French photographer who has done several exhibitions and has published few books. For the very first time in Thailand, she presents a selection of auto portraits, her shadow or reflections giving a sensation of a different person she met while travelling.
Dates: 6 June to 26 July 2009 Every day from 11AM to 7PM (except Monday)
Free Admission
Venue: Kathmandu Photo Gallery – Thanon Pan, Opposite the Indian Temple, Silom, Bangkok
Opening on 6 June from 6.30PM to 9PM, in the presence of the artist.
Note: Event dates …

Visual Art: Ambroise Tezenas
Born in 1972, Ambroise Tezenas is a French photographer who graduated from the Vevey Institut des beaux-arts, in Switzerland. He has to his credit a number of exhibitions and publications, in particular, a book published in 2006 by Actes Sud, “Pekin, Theatre du Peuple” (2Beijing – People’s theatre”). Since 2002, he has been devoting his time mostly to the creation of a personal work on urban landscapes.
Dates: 17 June to 2 August 2009 Every day from 2PM to 7PM (by appointment)
Free Admission
Venue: Catherine Schubert Fine Art Gallery …