Araya interviews patients at a psychiatric hospital on video, obscuring their faces as they tell their stories. The detailed but unrehearsed and unscripted narratives are provocative and compelling.

Also on view is a video installation of the artist's own story about pregnancy and its social context. The show, from June 1 to 4, is at 100 Soi Tonson off Ploenchit Road. The gallery is open Thursday to Sunday from 11am to 7pm.

Call (02) 684 1527.

Burma on canvas

Chiang Mai-based Suvannabhumi Art Gallery is bringing works by seven Burmese artists to Bangkok's Hemlock Cafe on Phra Arthit Road.

The exhibition is being put on to show that the contemporary art scene in Burma is limited, even more so outside the country.

The participants include Khin Maung, a pioneer in abstract; Zaw Win Pe, who paints with a knife; and Kyee Myintt Saw who captures market scenes. Also on show will be pieces by the old master Thet Nyunt, who tries to capture the Buddhist philosophy on canvas, as well as watercolours by Moe Nyo and Wei Chit Ko.

The exhibition runs until April 30.

Call (02) 282 7507.

Art of manipulation

For a decade, the lomographic camera has been used to manipulate pictures and, as a reflection of the trend, Gallery F-Stop has put on a series of lomographic colour prints in "Chaos in Harmony" by Shomil Shah until May 17.

Shah's works include double, triple and multiple exposures; four segments of time captured in a single frame and the blending of different worlds. The images offer a sliver of life in quadrupled, crazy contrast and surreal colours.

The gallery is in Tamarind Cafe, Sukhumvit Soi 20 and is open weekdays from 3pm to midnight and weekends from 10am to midnight.

Call (02) 663 7421.

Of a bike from a bike

French artist Marc Lathuilliere will present his photographs in "Transkoreana" at Bangkok's Tang Gallery from April 20 to May 6.

The pictures, taken during a weeklong trip across Korea on a 125-cc scooter, are marked with a seven-centimetre plastic motorcycle toy, which the artist used as a prop to satirise the cliché of postcard-style photographs.

The gallery is in the basement of Silom Galleria and is open Monday to Saturday, 11am to 7pm.

Call (02) 630 1114.

A tantalising taste

A group of 12 Bangkok University fourth-year art students are showcasing their talent in "Bon Appetit" at the Hof Art Centre until April 20. The display ranges from paintings, sculptures and installation art to video and photographs.

The gallery, on Bangkok's Ratchadapisek Road, is open Tuesday to Sunday, from 10am to 7pm.

Call (02) 690 1347-9.

True inspiration

Filipino artist Rene Robles is presenting his "How I Love Thailand" at the National Gallery until April 30.

A graduate of the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines and the National Academy of Design in New York, Robles' works were inspired by his stay in Thailand.

The gallery on Chao Fah Road is open Wednesday to Sunday from 9am to 4pm.

Call (02) 282 2639-40.