The best things to do in Bangkok this weekend

The country’s biggest art event Bangkok Art Biennale will make a comeback next year from 10 October 2020 to 21 February 2021. The first line-up of artists includes big international names like Anish Kapoor, Julia Fullerton-Batten and Luyang, as well as local talents like Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook and Rirkrit Tiravanija.

Art and technology have always been intrinsically connected, benefiting each other to push the boundary in order to create new wonderful creations. Digital art is one of the results from the combination of these two objects. The new type of art has been increasingly regarded among a horde of artists and art enthusiasts, with each work being crafted with a wide range of technology like lights and sounds to forge an immersive experience of art appreciation. House of Illumination is the latest exhibition that showcases what it means for a great digital art display. Situated in Central Gallery, Central World (Floor 8), House of Illumination welcomes guests in immerse themselves in a supremely innovative art show in which an innovation called Projection Mapping is put together with interactive techonology and illumination techniques. The entire exhibition is divided into eight zones on the area of over 1,800 meters square. The first six rooms will wake up all your senses with a journey down the world of imagination conjured by LED Strip, Laser Heads, and 3D LED Pixel shot on an array of reflecting mirrors to create multiple dimensions of illuminations. The highlights are kept in the last two rooms of the exhibition. From Forest to Space is the section that builds up an interactive playground where you can explore the parallel world from a magical forest to the far-off universe. Meanwhile, The Boundless will steal you on a limitless territory, with the innovation of Projection Mapp

Art Cart 01 Project is a special art exhibition by five youngblood artists from various countries coming together to showcase their passions for pop art and street art. Hom Nguyen, Chloe Kelly Miller, JISBAR, Kostar, and Louis Nicholas Darbon are the names of the artists who submit their artworks on display at SAC Gallery, which is available for the public viewing now until February 28 (11:00-18:00, closed on Mondays).

 The Space Between Us is the latest pop-up art exhibition that showcases art works from both Thai and international artists at the first floor of ICONSIAM now until January 31, 2021 (11:00-21:00). Expect to see beautiful and profound works by Chen Tianzhuo, Chen Zihao, Chong Ai Le, Dinh Q. Le, Entang Wiharso, Gongkan, Guan Saimei, Jiang Zhi, Kitti Narod, Ling Jian, Pannaphan Yodmanee, Roldan Manok Ventura, Su Bin, Tawan Wattuya, and Yuree Kensaku.

Minimalist photographer Phichai "Aek" Keawvichit brings his collection of 27 photos that represent his ways of unlocking all creative possibilities to inspire everyone who yearns for new ideas.

Almost everyone of us must be lost in the world of what-ifs. Suppose it happened. Suppose it didn't. Suppose you could. Suppose you can't. All of these suppositions will be turned into intriguing and exquisite artwork by four Thai artists who come together for the upcoming exhibition, "Sommut". The word "Sommut" (สมมุติ), which literally means "suppose", is further explored by Parinot Kunakornwong, Thepmetha Thepboonta (Methagod), Torwong Wutthiwong, Unchalee Anantawat—the four artists who employ fictional dealings, ideal ideologies, and alternative realities to create art that represent their tumultuous year of uncertainty and anxiety. Come and take a look at their interpretation of the current situation and global pandemic at Bridge Art Space from December 5, 2020 to February 4, 2021.

Bangkok Dreamscapes is a photo exhibition by Marcelo von Schwartz, the Argentine film director, architect, photographer and sound architect who worked on over 15 film/video projects. He believes that dreams and emotions can be viewed as reality of another kind, so as a photographer, he attempts to portray the emotions lying underneath the place he was photographing. Bangkok Dreamscapes presents changes and transformations of Bangkok city as if they were part of an infinite and incompressible narrative without beginning or end, more typical of a strange dream than of reality.

Narat Klinsudjai is holding his solo exhibition that reveals his work through the concept of Buddhist principles, presenting the combination of expressing style and the harmony of the artist’s presentation. “TIME TO MERGE” is a showcase of Narat’s expression that using aluminum threads to practice his mind, remain calm and stay present. He got himself involved in the work as part of the reflection of his own mental state combined with the pieces.

Explore the definition of 'relaxation' at the new exhibition, A RELAXED PHILOSOPHY, by two artistic masterminds Dinhin Rakpong-Asoke and Pasutt Kanrattanasutra who come up with artworks that will arouse your thoughts.

This exhibition questions beliefs, doubt, and spiritual gates that are remaining these days through the perspective of 3 young artists discussing on 3 aspects of sacredness existing in the contemporary world: SPIRITUAL GATES by Pathomkron Treethep, HIMMAPAN by Jennarong Khaemadan and BELIEF & DOUBT by Kespada Moonsuwan.