After years roaming the capital to document its architectural glories, many of which now only exist in photographs, a photographer will bring them to a downtown gallery.
At Something Was Here: The Fading Memories of Bangkok Modern Architecture, Weerapon “Beer” Singnoi will exhibit photographs of roughly 20 buildings around Bangkok, including Scala theater, which was hastily demolished last year despite promises it would be preserved amid a public outcry.
“I hope that this exhibition will raise questions about how we can preserve our architectural heritage,” Weerapon said. “Before something becomes forgotten, how can we balance development and conservation?”
It’s a topic Weerapon knows well: He has been archiving such buildings via his Foto_momo project for the past five years.
His other photos for the exhibition buildings focus on…
