Very Thai

‘Very Thai Thai’

National Museum Volunteers Lecture Series

National Museum, Bangkok

Philip speaks at the NMV’s annual lecture series for the third year in a row, and the fourth time in total. This year’s talk will draw from the new chapters in the 2nd edition of Very Thai, focusing on the emergence of popular culture becoming a legitimate form of Thainess known as ‘Thai Thai’, and the exploration of everyday practical solutions being recognized as ‘Vernacular Design’. The talk will be followed by one from Ajarn Panya Vijitthansarn, the famous neo-traditional muralist, about his career as and artist, teacher and painter of The Thai temple in Wimbledon, London.

‘The Thai Hybrid: How Thai culture makes imports its own’.

Chulalongkorn University, CommDe Department, Bangkok

A lecture to the Thai and international students doing the first foundation year of the CommDe degree programme.

Talk by Philip Cornwel-Smith

‘Very Thai: How Thainess Went Pop’

1st Southeast Asian Arts Fest, London

Wolfson & Tay bookshop, beside Tate Modern, London

Talk by Philip Cornwel-Smith to mark the international launch the 2nd Edition of Very Thai.

Thammasat Uni: ‘Phases of Bangkok’

‘Phases of Bangkok: Interpreting Thai urban popular culture since 1994’

The International Studies Department of Bangkok’s Thammasat University holds a talk at its Tha Phra Chan campus by Philip Cornwel-Smith. Addressing an audience of mainly American international students to familiarise them with how the Thai capital has developed, in the talk: ‘Phases of Bangkok: Interpreting Thai urban popular culture since 1994’.

‘Thai Pop Icons: Mysteries & Masterkeys’

Santa Fe Thailand Invitation

BNH Hospital, Bangkok

Keynote talk by Philip Cornwel-Smith on ‘Thai Pop Icons: Mysteries & Masterkeys’ to an audience of new arrival expatriates in Bangkok. The event is hosted by BNH and Santa Fe and held in BNH Hospital.

Pecha Kucha

‘Taking Pop’s Pulse: What Philip Cornwel-Smith does…’

Philip gave a talk at the Bangkok chapter of Pecha Kucha on 23 Jan 2013. The event was held at Neilson Hays Library in Bangkok. The format requires speakers to talk for 20 seconds each for 20 slides. His subject was ‘Taking Pop’s Pulse: What Philip Cornwel-Smith does’

‘Farang Gaze Thai Trends’

‘Thai Trends: From Localism to Internationalism’ Exhibition Programme

Bangkok Art & Culture Centre (BACC), Bangkok

Panel discussion held as part of the public program of the Thai Trends mega-exhibition. The panel was moderated by the exhibition’s chief curator, Dr Apinan Posyanonda, with other panellists being David Elliot, a world-renowned curator, critic and former director of the Miho Museum in Japan, and Rolf von Büren, a Bangkok-based art collector and object d’art producer of Lotus Arts de Vivre. The discussion was recorded and a transcription will be published with the transcripts of other panels as documentation in a companion book to the exhibition catalogue.

‘The Lanna Renaissance: Northern Thai Origins’

Globetrotting Gourmet: Lanna Food Event

Four Seasons Hotel, Bangkok

Talk by Philip Cornwel-Smith

‘Tools to Untie Thainess: How I Wrote Very Thai’

Chulalongkorn University, Architecture Department, Bangkok

Talk by Philip Cornwel-Smith

‘The Thai Hybrid: How Thai culture makes imports its own’

WordPlay 2nd Bangkok Literary Festival

Neilson Hays Library, Bangkok

Talk by Philip Cornwel-Smith

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