Goethe-Institut Bangkok Thai Artists and "The Goethe"-Forty Years of Cultural Interaction. This book celebrates the Goethe-Institut Bangkok"s 40th year of a firm, enduring and fruitful Thai-German cultural relationship. Contributions from artists, both in visual and performing arts, and musicians highlight the role played by the Goethe-Institut in furthering their careers and benefits provided by the Institute to Thai artistic and cultural life. Following the Goethe-Institut and its environs over these forty years provides an impression of changing architecture, life, culture and society in Bangkok, amply illustrated with numerous photographs, and also including artists" works highlighting today"s art scene. Extracts from the archives of Thai-German relations provide fascinating details of the mutual impact and benefit of this relationship.