Welcome to Ubud – Join Sacred Skin’s Authors’ Presentation
Ubud’s Calling!
Welcome everybody to Ubud Writers & Readers Festival and indeed welcome everyone who is interested in Sacred Tattoos.
The authors of Sacred Skin Thailand’s Spirit Tattoos, Tom Vater and myself, will have a multimedia presentation on history, myths and contemporary practice of Sacred Tattoos in Thailand.
Join us on October 6, 2012 at 19.00 hrs. at Bar Luna, Ubud, Bali.
Admission – Free
Read the reviews: TIME by Andrew Marshall, Bangkok Post by Ezra Erker, El Mundo by Javier Caballero, CNNGo by Gavin Nazareth, Tattoo Road Trip by Bob Baxter
Documentaries on ARTE France and Germany by Marc Eberle, Die Zeit By Meike Fries, Camera by Andreas Nebeling
For more reviews, interviews, please visit www.facebook.com/sacredskinthailand
Noir Nation Vol. 2 on Sacred Skin
The Noir Nation Vol. 2, an eFormat magazine featuring Noir fiction and non fiction essays on tattoos, is out now, including an essay by Tom Vater on the recent book Sacred Skin Thailand’s Spirit Tattoos.
Find my interview at Wat Bang Phra Tattoo Festival, and Sacred Skin Book’s video here on Noir Nation‘s site
Sacred Skin on ARTE
Sacred Skin–Thailand’s Spirit Tattoos The ARTE documentary about Sacred Skin, my photo book (co-written with Tom Vater) on Thailand’s sacred tattoos is online now. Directed by Marc Eberle, featuring photographer James Nachtwey, tattoo master Achan Neng Onnut and the authors.
This short documentary was originally broadcast in France and Germany in September 2011.
Portraits of the Thais and Sacred Skin – Word Play, Neilson Hays Library
Sacred Skin‘s authors talk at the 2nd Bangkok Literary Festival “Word Play“, Neilson Hays Library, March 25, 2012.
Many thanks to Michael LaPalme for the shots.
Head Banger Tattoos on Sacred Skin
“….this clearly-written, entertaining treatise is packed with fascinating facts and descriptions of every aspect of this time-honored art form. But it’s the photos that steal the show.”
By Mitchell January 9, 2012
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Art Found Out Blog on Sacred Skin
“… Sacred Skin is an equal collaboration between author Tom Vater and photographer Aroon Thaewchatturat. The seductive and intimate images are as important to this book as the text. While Vater writes about Sak Yant, Thaewchatturat’s portraits show the complexity of an art form that radically transforms those who choose the ink. .” By Scott Rothstein at the Art Found Out Blog
Sacred Skin in The Bangkok Post
“…extraordinary pictures do more than capture the tattoos, they capture their wearers’ personalities…” Ezra Kyrill Erker, The Bangkok Post
Sacred Skin – Thailand´s Spirit Tattoos
“…stunning photos and exuberant writing…“ Andrew Marshall, TIME Magazine.
Sacred Skin – Thailand´s Spirit Tattoos, photographed by Aroon Thaewchatturat, written by Tom Vater, published by Visionary World.
Publishing date July 1st 2011. Watch this space for further news!
Official website http://www.sacredskinthailand.com
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