Kumnooh: Cambodia arts for week commencing 26 May, 2015

May 26, 2015 by scoddy

Greetings,

Opening tonight Tuesday 26 at MetaHouse at 6 pm, a poster exhibition Creativity In The Cities that depicts creative spaces in east and south east Asia and Europe. “The core objective is to increase awareness that culture and creativity can be considered as key assets of urban development and that creative spaces may serve as a visual spatial symbol to connect art with city space and citizens. […] Nowadays, the value of creative spaces lies not only in economic possibilities, but in their intrinsic value as vehicles for the preservation of (industrial) cultural heritage and promotion of the arts.” From 8 pm a panel of local arts figures will discuss the developments and inspirations for the arts in Phnom Penh.
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Also tonight Tuesday 26, the annual student concert awards ceremony for Dance World Cambodia is being held at 6.45 pm at ICAN British School on Sothearos Blvd. Tickets on sale at Java Café and, if any are left over, on the door.
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On Wednesday 27 at 7 pm, Meta House hosts Art School Night, in which art students and teachers a wide range of artistic pursuits will deliver short talks, performances, presentations and Q&A.
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From 6.30 pm on Thursday 28 at the French Institute, images of World War One from French cartoonist Jacques Tardi’s book Putain de guerre, examining “connections between time and storytelling, between memory and oblivion, truth and subjectivity.” Also included will be works produced in 2014 by students of the Lycée français René Descartes who designed two boards, as part of the project Cambodians and World War One.
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Also on Thursday 28, at Meta House at 8 pm, the launch of Transitioning Cambodia, a book of photographs “to showcase the social, environmental and political progress and setbacks of modern-day Cambodia.” Images by Nicolas Axelrod with words by journalist Denise Hruby.
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On Saturday 30, the fourth anniversary of Sammaki Gallery in Battambang (#87 St 2.5) will be celebrated with the opening of a new exhibition, Meet the neighbours, featuring photographs from Ben Valentine and drawings, paintings and sculptures by local children. There will also be live performances from Yom Young and Keo Sasstra. Fun starts at 5 pm.
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Coming up on Wednesdays in June, Phnom Penh Community College presents workshops entitled Fundamentals of Drawing under direction of France Damon.
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For a more rock’n’roll musical flavour of Phnom Penh, make sure you follow weekly gig guide LengPleng.com as well.

Fabian Hipp

Kumnooh

fabianhipp@kumnooh.com

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In brief: new and returning…

Tuesday 26, 6 pm at MetaHouse, a poster exhibition Creativity In The Cities that depicts creative spaces in east and south east Asia and Europe. From 8 pm a panel of local arts figures will discuss the developments and inspirations for the arts in Phnom Penh.
More info
Even more info

Tuesday 26, 6.45 pm at ICAN British School on Sothearos Blvd, the annual student concert awards ceremony for Dance World Cambodia.
More info

Wednesday 27, 7 pm, Meta House hosts Art School Night, in which art students and teachers a wide range of artistic pursuits will deliver short talks, performances, presentations and Q&A.
More info

Thursday 28, 6.30 pm at the French Institute, images of World War One from French cartoonist Jacques Tardi’s book Putain de guerre, including works produced in 2014 by students of the Lycée français René Descartes.
More info

Thursday 28, 8 pm at Meta House, the launch of Transitioning Cambodia, a book of photographs “to showcase the social, environmental and political progress and setbacks of modern-day Cambodia.” Images by Nicolas Axelrod with words by journalist Denise Hruby.
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Saturday 30, 5 pm at Sammaki Gallery in Battambang, fourth birthday celebrations and the opening of a new exhibition, Meet the neighbours, featuring photographs from Ben Valentine and drawings, paintings and sculptures by local children.
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Ongoing….

Asia Foundation Community Art Gallery (#59, Street 242) presents Phnom Penh: Open City, Open Mind, featuring the work of Chhunly Poy and Kolab Koeurm (animation), Davit Pum (architecture), Chansi Voung (art and architecture), Prom Putvisal (painting and etching) and Kim Philley(fiction). Until June 11.

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At Java Café, Human Nature, paintings by Oeur Sokuntevy, exploring “the ambiguity between humanity and the natural world through fantastical scenarios.”

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SaSaBassac presents their new exhibition Having a hole or empty space inside, a collection of drawings and sculptures by Yim Maline.

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At The Plantation: Water is Life by renowned Khmer photojournalist Remissa Mak.

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MetaHouse marks the 40^th anniversary of the fall of Phnom Penh with an exhibition of photographs taken by Roland Neveu on April 17, 1975.

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Lotus Gallery in Battambang (#53, St 2.5) presents Women by Women featuring artworks by Chhan Dina, Bernadette Vincent and Anna Sudra.

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At Bophana Center, Transmissions 2015, looking at the 40th anniversary of the fall of Phnom Penh. Until the end of May.

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Sofitel Phnom Penh Phokeethra hosts Wonders of 1929, a collection of vintage photographs of Cambodia, the work of Georges Portal, a French actor and director.

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McDermott Gallery Old Market Siem Reap hosts the Southern Spirits, a new exhibition by Kampot based artist Vincent Broustet.

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New Leaf Book Cafe in Siem Reap, has a continuous exhibition for Small Art School, featuring the work of young aspiring Cambodian artists.
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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 adult ballet and yoga. For more info contact dance@danceworldcambodia.com

Kumnooh: Cambodia arts for the week commencing 19 May 2015

May 19, 2015 by scoddy

Greetings,

On Wednesday 20, the monthly Open Stage Poetry night at Java Café features Emily Weitzman and Tony Morewood. As usual, the writers’ meet up commences at 6.30 pm, featured readers at 7.30 pm, then open mic.
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Thursday 21 from 7 pm at Opera Café (St 13 near St 178) poet Scott Bywater launches Fog on the Loire, the fourth volume of poetry in thethesilverpepperofthestars.wordpress.com series, featuring poems written in Cambodia and France over the last 18 months. Reading and sales, but sorry no WASHperformance this time.
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For four shows, Thursday 21 to Sunday 24, Sophiline Arts Ensemble presents the acclaimed ballet Pamina Devi, by Sophiline Cheam Shapiro, at the Department of Performing Arts Theatre (see number 14 on this map). Originally commissioned for a Mozart festival in Vienna in 2006, this work has been performed in the US and Europe, but was only staged in Cambodia once, back in 2011. Thursday to Saturday at 7 pm, Sunday matinee at 4 pm.
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The Develop Boeung Kak Art project at the Lakeside neighbourhood is holding a weekend open house Art and Solidarity festival on Friday 22 and Saturday 23. Plenty of music and street art is promised.
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On Saturday 23 Simphony School of Music & Art presents its fifth annual concert and painting exhibition at the InterContinental Hotel. Shows at 10 am and 3 pm – open to the public but advance registration is required (call 023 727 345).
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On Saturday 23 from 7 pm, Java Café hosts a youth open mic night – Slam, Jam, Thank you Ma’am – a chance for younger performers of music, poetry or theatre to test themselves in front of an audience. Encourage the talented young person in your circle to come along and share their skills – some instruments will be provided but performers can bring their own.
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Through the week Meta House’s LGBTI film festival, I am what I am, presents short films and features from around the world on LGBTI themes.
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For a more rock’n’roll musical flavour of Phnom Penh, make sure you follow weekly gig guide LengPleng.com as well.

Fabian Hipp

Kumnooh
fabianhipp@kumnooh.com

Note: this email can be read online at http://www.kumnooh.com

In brief: new and returning…

Wednesday 20, the monthly Open Stage Poetry night at Java Café features Emily Weitzman and Tony Morewood. Writers’ meet up at 6.30 pm, featured readers at 7.30 pm, then open mic.
More info

Thursday 21, 7 pm at Opera Café (St 13 near St 178) poet Scott Bywater launchesFog on the Loire, featuring poems written in Cambodia and France over the last 18 months.
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Thursday 21 to Saturday 23 at 7 pm; Sunday 24 at 4 pm, Sophiline Arts Ensemblepresents the acclaimed ballet Pamina Devi, by Sophiline Cheam Shapiro, at theDepartment of Performing Arts Theatre.
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Friday 22 and Saturday 23, Develop Boeung Kak Art project at the Lakeside neighbourhood is holding a weekend open house Art and Solidarity festival.
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Saturday 23 at 10 am and 3 pm, Simphony School of Music & Art presents its fifth annual concert and painting exhibition at the InterContinental Hotel. Advance registration is required (call 023 727 345).
More info

Saturday 23 from 7 pm, Java Café hosts a youth open mic night – Slam, Jam, Thank you Ma’am – music, poetry, theatre or anything.
More info

Through the week Meta House’s LGBTI film festival, I am what I am, presents short films and features from around the world on LGBTI themes.
More info

Ongoing….

Meta House hosts Anarchy is Dead!, an exhibition of paintings by Gregory Osborn, introducing the new mystery school Entelarchy.
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At Java Café, Human Nature, paintings by Oeur Sokuntevy, exploring “the ambiguity between humanity and the natural world through fantastical scenarios.”
More info

SaSaBassac presents their new exhibition Having a hole or empty space inside, a collection of drawings and sculptures by Yim Maline.
More info

At The Plantation: Water is Life by renowned Khmer photojournalist Remissa Mak.
More info

MetaHouse marks the 40^th anniversary of the fall of Phnom Penh with an exhibition of photographs taken by Roland Neveu on April 17, 1975.
More info

Lotus Gallery in Battambang (#53, St 2.5) presents Women by Women featuring artworks by Chhan Dina, Bernadette Vincent and Anna Sudra.
More info

At Bophana Center, Transmissions 2015, looking at the 40th anniversary of the fall of Phnom Penh. Until the end of May.
More info

Sofitel Phnom Penh Phokeethra hosts Wonders of 1929, a collection of vintage photographs of Cambodia, the work of Georges Portal, a French actor and director.
More info
Even more info

Romeet Gallery (St 178 near St 19), presents Undivided Nature; the death within life / the life within death a new solo exhibition by Battambang based artist Sin Rithy.
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McDermott Gallery Old Market Siem Reap hosts the Southern Spirits, a new exhibition by Kampot based artist Vincent Broustet.
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New Leaf Book Cafe in Siem Reap, has a continuous exhibition for Small Art School, featuring the work of young aspiring Cambodian artists.
More info

Plae Pakaa, a program of 3 rotating performances of Cambodian traditional arts at theNational 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).
More info

DanceWorldCambodia offers classes in adult ballet and yoga. For more info contact dance@danceworldcambodia.com

Kumnooh: Cambodia arts for week commencing 12 May, 2015

May 12, 2015 by scoddy

It’s a quiet week ahead in the Cambodian arts.

Commencing on Sunday 17, Meta House presents their annual LGBTI film festival, this year titled I am what I am, as part of the Cambodian Pride celebration. The seven day film programme showcases documentaries, shorts and feature films from Cambodia and abroad.
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Coming up next week at Java Café: the monthly Open Stage poetry event on Wednesday and a special youth open mic night – Slam, Jam, Thank you Ma’am – a chance for younger performers of music, poetry or theatre to test themselves in front of an audience.

And just released, ahead of an official launch party at Opera Café next Thursday, is Fog on the Loire, the fourth volume of poetry from good friend of Kumnooh Scott Bywater, featuring poems written in Cambodia and France over the last 18 months.

For a more rock’n’roll musical flavour of Phnom Penh, make sure you follow weekly gig guide LengPleng.com as well.

Fabian Hipp

Kumnooh
fabianhipp@kumnooh.com

Ongoing….

At the FCC Phnom Penh: No One Should Work This Way, a documentary project by Bangkok-based journalist Karen Emmons and photographerSteve McCurry to record and expose abuses faced by migrant domestic workers in four Asian countries.
More info

Meta House hosts Anarchy is Dead!, an exhibition of paintings by Gregory Osborn, introducing the new mystery school Entelarchy.
More info

At Java Café, Human Nature, paintings by Oeur Sokuntevy, exploring “the ambiguity between humanity and the natural world through fantastical scenarios.”
More info

SaSaBassac presents their new exhibition Having a hole or empty space inside, a collection of drawings and sculptures by Yim Maline.
More info

At The Plantation: Water is Life by renowned Khmer photojournalist Remissa Mak.
More info

At Sammaki in Battambang. Battambang: Recent Works features works by Srey Bandol, Nov Cheanick, Khchao Touch, Chov Theanly,Hour Seyha, Sou Sophy, and Ben Valentine.
More info

At ARTillery Café is Creative Charcoal, a collection of works addressing the issue of women’s empowerment in Cambodia, entries in a RUFA competition for International Women’s Day.
More info

MetaHouse marks the 40^th anniversary of the fall of Phnom Penh with an exhibition of photographs taken by Roland Neveu on April 17, 1975.
More info

Lotus Gallery in Battambang (#53, St 2.5) presents Women by Women featuring artworks by Chhan Dina, Bernadette Vincent and Anna Sudra.
More info

At Bophana Center, Transmissions 2015, looking at the 40th anniversary of the fall of Phnom Penh. Until the end of May.
More info

Sofitel Phnom Penh Phokeethra hosts Wonders of 1929, a collection of vintage photographs of Cambodia, the work of Georges Portal, a French actor and director.
More info
Even more info

McDermott Gallery Old Market Siem Reap hosts the Southern Spirits, a new exhibition by Kampot based artist Vincent Broustet.
More info

New Leaf Book Cafe in Siem Reap, has a continuous exhibition for Small Art School, featuring the work of young aspiring Cambodian artists.
More info

DanceWorldCambodia offers classes in adult ballet and yoga. For more info contact dance@danceworldcambodia.com

Kumnooh: Cambodia arts for week commencing 5 May, 2015

May 5, 2015 by scoddy

Greetings,

Tonight, Tuesday 5 at Java Café, Amrita Performing Arts presents a conversation with upcoming choreographers Khon Chan Sithyka (Mo), Chumvan Sodhachivy (Belle) andYon Davy, following a presentation of works in progress last Saturday night. A chance to get a greater understanding of the motivations and inspirations for young artists. Starts at 6 pm.
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The Phnom Penh Players present a string of theatre performances this week at Meta House, from Wednesday 6 through to Saturday 9 (including a Saturday matinee). For Their Soul is a short work written by 16 year old Manchoo Kim and directed by 15 year old Hannah Shaw, seeking to raise awareness of LGBTi issues. Entry $5. Nightly at 8 pm, plus 1 pm Saturday.
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The Tini Tinou Circus Festival 2015 runs from Thursday 7 to Saturday 9 in Phnom Penh, Monday 11 to Wednesday 13 in Siem Reap, and then Friday 15 and Saturday 16 in Battambang. A range of cutting edge circus performances from Cambodia, Switzerland, Taiwan and Vietnam.
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On Thursday 7 at 6 pm, a new exhibition opens at the FCC: No One Should Work This Way, a documentary project by Bangkok-based journalist Karen Emmons and photographer Steve McCurry to record and expose abuses faced by migrant domestic workers in four Asian countries.
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At Meta House on Thursday 7, the Cambodian premiere of the documentary If one thing matters – a film about Wolfgang Tillmans. Director Heiko Kalmbach, who spent four years with the photographer Tillmans, will hold a Q&A following the 7 pm screening.
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On Sunday 10, Meta House presents selections from Interfilm Berlin 2014’s Japanese short film focus. “Fantastic surreal animations, stories of moral codices of families, bizarre games of young people, the contrast between tradition and modernity give an exciting view on modern Japanese society.” From 7 pm.

Also on Sunday 10 at Meta House, the Piano Shop Concert Series 2015 continues withFiori Musicali, featuring works by Frescobaldi, Scarlatti, Soler and Bach, performed by Italian pianist Alberto Firrincieli. $10/$3. For reservation and additional information contact 077 787 038 or 016 985 828
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Just published and now available online is Patrick Samnang Mey’s new graphic novel Captain Cambodia, a fusion of politics, religion and magic rooted in the current issues of today.

Congratulations to Cambodian artist Anida Yoeu Ali, who has won the prestigious Sovereign Asian Art Prize for Spiral Alley, an installation at Java Café in 2012 as part of the artist’s Buddhist Bug collection. The award, that recognises contemporary Asian artists, has been running for 11 years; this is the first win by a Cambodian.

Last weekend a new exhibition opened at Sammaki in Battambang. Battambang: Recent Works features works by Srey Bandol, Nov Cheanick, Khchao Touch, Chov Theanly,Hour Seyha, Sou Sophy, and Ben Valentine.
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Currently running at ARTillery Café is Creative Charcoal, a collection of works addressing the issue of women’s empowerment in Cambodia, entries in a RUFA competition for International Women’s Day.
More info

For a more rock’n’roll musical flavour of Phnom Penh, make sure you follow weekly gig guide LengPleng.com as well.

Fabian Hipp

Kumnooh
fabianhipp@kumnooh.com

In brief: new and returning…

Tuesday 5, 6 pm at Java Café, Amrita Performing Arts presents a conversation with upcoming choreographers Khon Chan Sithyka (Mo), Chumvan Sodhachivy (Belle) andYon Davy, following a presentation of works in progress last Saturday night.
More info

Wednesday 6 to Saturday 9 at 8 pm (plus a Saturday matinee at 1 pm) at Meta House: For Their Soul, a theatrical short work written by 16 year old Manchoo Kim and directed by 15 year old Hannah Shaw, seeking to raise awareness of LGBTi issues. Entry $5.
More info

Thursday 7, 7 pm at Meta House the Cambodian premiere of the documentary If one thing matters – a film about Wolfgang Tillmans. Q&A to follow.
More info

Thursday 7 to Saturday 9 in Phnom Penh, The Tini Tinou Circus Festival 2015.
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Monday 11 to Wednesday 13 in Siem Reap, The Tini Tinou Circus Festival 2015
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Thursday 7 at 6 pm, at the FCC Phnom Penh: No One Should Work This Way, a documentary project by Bangkok-based journalist Karen Emmons and photographerSteve McCurry to record and expose abuses faced by migrant domestic workers in four Asian countries.
More info

Sunday 10 at 7 pm, Meta House presents selections from Interfilm Berlin 2014’sJapanese short film focus.

Sunday 10, 8 pm at Meta House, the Piano Shop Concert Series 2015 continues withFiori Musicali, featuring works by Frescobaldi, Scarlatti, Soler and Bach, performed by Italian pianist Alberto Firrincieli.
More info