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Tonight, Tuesday 23, Meta House kicks off a week of screenings from Interfilm Berlin, one of the most important and biggest short film festivals worldwide. Festival founder Heinz Hermanns presents Phnom Penh with the best films from the 2015 edition. Screenings nightly until Thursday, then a children’s presentation on Saturday.
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On Wednesday 24, Siem Reap dance group New Cambodian Artists will perform at Kaifun Eatery (#25 Street 334 between St 57 & St 63). Doors open at 6 pm, the two-part performance starts at 7 pm. Admission $10 (children under 12 free), with funds raised to cover the costs of the four young dancers traveling from Siem Reap to perform in the impoverished Steung Meanchey community on the outskirts of Phnom Penh.
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A new regular Wednesday night event in Phnom Penh is at Phnom Penh contemporary arts space n o w h e r e. Sketch Circle Phnom Penh is a fortnightly two-hour art therapy session. “Let go the stresses of the week, lose yourself in the art and bring out your inner child.” Free for all. Anyone and any styles are welcome. 7 pm start.
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On Friday 26 at Meta House, Berlin based artist Alfred Banze presents a new installation: Public Colors, Private Lines. “During workshops with young local artists at Sammaki Artspace in Battambang, he created large drawings and video clips based on local, personally experienced short stories, that have been merged to a collective room installation.” Opening at 6 pm.
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From 10 am on Saturday 27, arts space n o w h e r e offers a three hour workshop on lotus leaf oil painting. $60 per person, including materials and refreshments. Places strictly limited. For bookings call: 017 891 772 (Lolli).
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On Saturday 27 at Meta House from 9 pm the creative team that brought you the WASH collaboration and The Stones are Awake present Performance Experiments beta, as a preview teaser in advance of the full Performance Experiments 01 to be held on March 19. The beta experiments will feature Warren Daly, Hal FX, Chhan Dina and Scott Bywater, with live mixed soundscapes, poetry and visual wonders interspersed with selections from Invisible Agent catalogue.
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On Sunday 28 from 8.30 am, Khmer Architecture Tours presents 1960s Houses and Villas in Toul Kork, including the White Building in Bassac. Booking essential, email contact [ at ] ka-tours.org.
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Wednesdays in March Phnom Penh Community College presents a series of evening art workshops on the fundamentals of drawing, featuring artist France Damon. Bookings essential.
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Design Kompany’s next eWorkshop is a collaboration with Kismuth Books. The Mirror is a virtual workshop for people who want to explore their ‘why’ through reflective writing. Application deadline is February 25.
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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
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In brief: new and returning…
Tuesday 23 through to Saturday 27 at Meta House, a week of screenings from Interfilm Berlin, one of the most important and biggest short film festivals worldwide.
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Wednesday 24, from 7 pm at Kaifun Eatery (#25 Street 334 between St 57 & St 63), a performance by dance group New Cambodian Artists. Admission $10 (children under 12 free).
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Wednesday 24 from 7 pm at Phnom Penh contemporary arts space n o w h e r e. Sketch Circle Phnom Penh, a fortnightly two-hour art therapy session. Free for all. Anyone and any styles are welcome.
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Friday 26 from 6 pm at Meta House, Berlin based artist Alfred Banze presents a new installation: Public Colors, Private Lines, based on workshops with young local artists at Sammaki Artspace in Battambang.
More info
Saturday 27 from 10 am, arts space n o w h e r e offers a three hour workshop on lotus leaf oil painting. $60 per person, including materials and refreshments. For bookings call: 017 891 772 (Lolli).
More info
Saturday 27 from 9 pm at Meta House, Performance Experiments beta will feature Warren Daly, Hal FX, Chhan Dina and Scott Bywater, with live mixed soundscapes, poetry and visual wonders.
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Sunday 28 from 8.30 am, Khmer Architecture Tours presents 1960s Houses and Villas in Toul Kork, including the White Building in Bassac. Booking essential, email contact [ at ] ka-tours.org.
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Ongoing….
Every Tuesday, 7.30 pm at Tim’s Greasy Spoon in Siem Reap, the Spoken Arts night invites writers and readers to share.
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Every Tuesday, 6.30 – 7.30 pm, body music classes at the Music Arts School (#14, St 360, BKK1) presented by Eric Ellul.
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Every Tuesday and Thursday at 6.30 pm, Bophana Center presents Cine Soiree, an evening of film and discussion. Programme changes every week, across a wide range of cinema experiences.
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The Phnom Penh Writers Workshop holds events every second Sunday afternoon for Phnom Penh writers who are interested in discussion and critique of their works in progress. Next event, March 6. If you would like to be involved, please contact Claire (clairemarchantcollier [ @ ] gmail.com or John john.christopher.brown [ @ ] gmail.com.
Community Art Gallery at The Asia Foundation (St 242) presents of Silhouettes of Tomorrowland by Kong Vollak, using installation and printmaking to portray urbanisation and the development of Phnom Penh.
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At Sa Sa Bassac, Futurographies: Cambodia – USA – France, a multi=disciplinary exhibition with works by Yim Maline, Marc Eberle, Studio Revolt/Anida Yoeu Ali and Masahiro Sugano, Stuart Isset, Pete Pin, Roland Neveu, Binh Danh, Eng Rithchandaneth, Dave Kyu and Chath Piersath.
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The Governor’s House Boutique Hotel (3 Mao Tse Tung Blvd, 100 m from Norodom Blvd) and Little Hearts International present a twofold exhibition by street photographer Vincent de Wilde, Between Salt and Earth and Supervivere, Cambodia Today.
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Lotus Pond Art Gallery at The Plantation hosts Vincent Broustet’s new exhibition ROAM!, a collection of 15 charcoal drawings on craft paper.
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At Romcheik 5 Artspace in Battambang, a retrospective exhibition of paintings by Sin Rithy, Endlessly.
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Java Café Independence Monument presents The Disappearance, new works by Nicolas C. Grey.
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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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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 1995-2014. Now exhibiting in two McDermott Galleries located at FCC Angkor 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. Friday is a dance show, Saturday opera, and Sunday large shadow puppets. 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, yoga and Bollywood style. For more info contact dance@danceworldcambodia.com
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