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On Thursday 17, Meta House hosts a exhibition opening, Angkor Rebuilt, by French artist Levy Truffert, which uses 3D imaging technology to reimagine the Angkor complex in its heyday. The fun starts at 6 pm, to be followed by a live concert featuring Khmer vocalist Ouch Savy and Norwegian composer/pianist Ingolv Haaland at 7 pm.
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Also on Thursday 17 at 6 pm, SaSa Bassac presents In Conversation with Than Sok + OM with John Smith at Sa Sa Bassac gallery (#18, 2nd floor, Sothearos Blvd).
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On Saturday 19 (5.30 pm for 6 pm) at Monument Books (Norodom Blvd, near St 240), Australian writer Laura Jean McKay hosts the Phnom Penh launch of her recently published book Holiday in Cambodia, a collection of many short pieces of fiction arising from her experiences in Cambodia over a period of several years. This is not a travel journal, but rather a series of extended vignettes maintaining western visitors and cultures as the other, the strange. And it’s true: Jello Biafra ordered a couple of copies.
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Laura Jean McKay contemplates Jello Biafra’s request
For a taste of the Germanic this weekend, the ARTtplus Foundation, in and with Meta House, is hosting a series of events celebrating the 200th birthday of German composer Richard Wagner. Documentaries on Thursday and Friday night, a Saturday evening piano recital (also including works by Franz Liszt) by Giovanni De Cecco, of the Venice Conservatory of Music, and finally a screening of the opera Lohengrin on Sunday afternoon at 4 pm.
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This week Cambodian Living Arts commence a new season of their traditional arts performances, Plae Pakaa, at the National Museum (cnr St 178 and St 13). From now until March 2014, three shows will rotate six nights a week: Children of Bassac (a snapshot of Cambodian life through dance) on Mondays & Thursdays, Yike Opera: Make Therng (the quest for love and justice) on Tuesdays & Fridays, and Passage of Life (Living the Cambodian Life) on Wednesdays & Saturdays. There is a 10% discount for tickets purchased online and in advance at the National Museum. All weather venue!
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The Our City Festival 2014 is calling for creatives (designers, architects, performers, filmmakers and visual artists), curators, partners and youth ambassadors for the mid-January event in Phnom Penh, Siem Reap and Battambang. The emphasis is on using urban space, collaboration, and public participation. Deadline for submissions is October 28 so don’t wait for the next rainy day. Selected projects will be notified by November 4.
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Note that the opening of Toile et végétal, a retrospective of the work of Cambodian artist Marine Ky, at the Exhibition hall of the Institut français du Cambodge has been delayed until next Thursday 24.
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| In brief: new and returning… |
| Thursday 17, 6 pm at Meta House, Angkor Rebuilt, by Levy Truffert, reimagining the Angkor complex in its heyday. Followed by a live concert featuring Khmer vocalist Ouch Savy and Norwegian composer/pianist Ingolv Haaland at 7 pm. More info Even more info Thursday 17 at 6 pm, In Conversation with Than Sok + OM with John Smith at Sa Sa Bassac gallery (#18, 2nd floor, Sothearos Blvd). Saturday 19 (5.30 pm for 6 pm) at Monument Books (Norodom Blvd, near St 240), Australian writer Laura Jean McKay launches Holiday in Cambodia. Thursday – Sunday: ARTtplus Foundation/Meta House hosts a series of events celebrating the 200th birthday of German composer Richard Wagner. Monday to Saturday until March, three new shows rotate in Cambodian Living Arts traditional arts performances, Plae Pakaa, at the National Museum (cnr St 178 and St 13). All weather venue! |
| Ongoing…. |
Finding the Lost Art Forms, at Cambodian Living Arts gallery, (128-G9 Sothearos Blvd), the result of a year-long search to archive vanishing folk arts. Until October 18.
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One day in Phnom Penh,a photographic exhibition by Tim Kelsall, at Baitong Gallery (#7, St 360, between Norodom and 51). Silent auction for Friends International. Until end October.
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Queen for a Night, works by Kampot-based artist Vincent Broustet opens Saturday night at 6 pm, McDermott Gallery Old Market in Siem Reap. The show runs until October 31.
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Snap Shots, a new Monkey Arts Cooperative/Daniel Rothenberg photo exhibit, at Chinese House (Sisowath Quay). Until November 3
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Sonleuk by young photographer Neak Sophal at Romeet Gallery (St 178 near St 19). Until November 10
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Elegy: Reflections on Angkor by John McDermott. The award-winning American photographer maintains his strong presence on the Siem Reap art scene with his mesmerizing monochromatic fine art images of Angkor taken between 1995-2009. Now exhibiting in three McDermott Galleries located in the Old Market Area, FCC Angkor Complex and Raffles Grand Hotel d’Angkor.
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Plae Pakaa, a program of 3 rotating performances of Cambodian traditional arts at the National Museum of Phnom Penh. A Cambodian Living Arts production. Every Friday and Saturday, 7 pm (May to September); Monday to Saturday, 7 pm (October to April).
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Phare Ponleu Selpak, the famous Cambodian circus school offers nightly performances in both Siem Reap and Battambang, on a rolling cycle of different works.
In Siem Reap: at 7.30 pm under the big top in Siem Reap, behind the Angkor National Museum, in front of Angkor Century Hotel.
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In Battambang: visual arts exhibition from 6.15 pm then circus show at 7 pm.
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DanceWorldCambodia offers classes in lyrical contemporary, commercial jazz and pop, hip hop and breakdance. Hotel Cambodiana Studio (via Physique Gym club reception). For more details contact dance@danceworldcambodia.com
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