Episode 7: "Will Art Survive?" w/ Narawan "Kyo" Pathomvat

Poet in Bangkok

Things get weird(er) in this seventh episode as Colin and Donald sit down with Narawan "Kyo" Pathomvat, creator and curator of the contemporary art library and meeting space, The Reading Room. Kyo talks about starting an arts library in an art community largely indifferent, if not hostile, to a non-profit space devoted to dialogue and discourse. She explains some of the motivations behind Bangkok's conservative art scene, and discusses her past experiences navigating the NYC art world and an abusive relationship. Kyo also shares her plan to welcome the arrival of the giant whale-like unidentified objects that threaten to end the world. The hosts elect to stay home with their families in the hours before the arrival of the "Mars Whales". Donald and Colin reflect on things left undone while dealing with strange signals disrupting the podcast. -- Recorded at Rockademy and A8. Written and produced by Donald and Colin Edited and mixed by Colin. For more information about the Reading Room: http://readingroombkk.org/ Special thanks to Dr. Kenneth Nielson and the Trodza Institute: https://soundcloud.com/ed-jr-1 And thanks to Izotope (www.izotope.com) for sound editing software.