Everyone has a diaspora
Khetsirin Pholdhampalit, editor of The Nation’s style section, came back from Paris recently with a doubly interesting story.
I didn’t know that every October 7 is Nuit Blanche there, a dusk-to-dawn arts festival in which exhibitions are held all over town, from the Eiffel Tower and Hotel de Ville to the galleries, churches, libraries and even sport centres. Apparently other European cities have copied the idea, as have Toronto and Montreal.
The other interesting bit was the contribution to the festival of Thailand’s Navin Rawanchaikul (pictured above), who screened a 10-minute film called “Navins of Bollywood” that had been commissioned by Singapore’s TheatreWorks for the Diaspora project it presented at the IMF-World Bank meeting in the Lion City last month.
If you’ve ever googled yourself, the movie’s concept sounds pretty intriguing. See the rest.
